Sunday, June 28, 2020

Another job you wouldn't want to do; chimney inspection and maintenance.

Asa Briggs, The Power of Steam, University of Chicago Press, 1982


A steeplejack installs ladders on an industrial stack in England. Using wooden plugs and iron dogs he attaches sections brought up from the ground by rope and pulley.

4 comments:

João Custódio said...

Once saw a guy doing lights inspection on two 100m tall chimneys. Took him 8 hours.

Beazld said...

For more on steeplejacks like this check out Fred Dibnah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTv1a_nACCs
He was a 20th century guy stuck in the Victorian era. He could be a poster child for this blog!

João Custódio said...

Guy's amazing! Thanks!

Barry said...

He had a tv series in England where he’d knock down chimneys in half hour programs by cutting out one side of the stack and lighting a fire under them