https://vimeo.com/1070103550 Did you know that on this date in 1979, the infamous Three Mile Island accident occurred, which was a partial meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history Read more
John Mesenbrink
https://vimeo.com/1067501692 On this week’s Mechanical Hub update: As I watched the recovery efforts—for the astronauts stuck in space for nine months—live off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., all I kept thinking about was, “Where have these two astronauts been going to the bathroom for that extended period of time?” I guess I’m not alone in Read more
https://vimeo.com/1065326549 Did you know that it has been a tradition to dye the Chicago River green? In fact, the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130, or the Chicago Plumbers Union, have been dyeing the river since 1962. The process includes an orange, vegetable-based powder that is dumped into the river. The powder is spread by two Read more
https://vimeo.com/1063068523 On this week’s update, we’ll talk U.S. infrastructure and what the current state of that looks like, World Plumbing Day, we’ll feature some of our AHR visits and a new contractor spotlight with Shawn Ziegler, Accurate Mechanical out of Lancaster, Ohio. Plus, we’ll talk new, weekly podcasts. Oh, and I almost forgot, Gate Lice Read more
A former star middle linebacker for the University of Toledo, which progressed to the Marion Mayhem indoor professional football team, and then to an All-American middle linebacker for a semi-pro football team for nearly 10 years, Shawn Ziegler has now turned to boxing. After some time had passed after his football career, he started working Read more