Construction work at Rhode station began in 1958. The following photographs were taken of the construction crew, who were hard at work building the station’s massive cooling towers – obviously in the days before hard hats and site safety!
Construction crew, c1958
Hard at work
Construction crew, c1958
No fear of heights here!
One nail at a time
All in a day’s work
The height of fashion
Taking a break
Construction crew, c1958
Construction crew, c1958
Construction crew, c1958
We are fortunate to have the names of some of the men involved on this project attached to the photograph below:
(L-R) Front row: Pal Mooney; Tony Nolan; Thomas Curtis; Paddy Groome; Peter McNamee. Second row: M Glennon; D Hennessy; Jer McNamee; Bernie Smullen; Barney Tracy. Third row: Joe Connor; Christy Cleary; Jim Kenny; B Cleary; G Thompson; G McLoughlin. Fourth row: Tim Murphy; Tony Kilmurry. Back row: Joe McNamee; Jimmy Darby; Donal Glennon.
Great to see them my dad worked there as well Jimmy gill
My Dad was 19 years old working there…..He was going out with my mum at the time and wrote her name on the very top of the 2nd tower…we were there watching the Day they came down …a very Emotional Day for Him…
Lovely to see my brotherin law there Jim Darby ,He was such a lovely man , I knew he worked there ,but never seen that photo before i would love to have a copy
Thanks Nora – email just sent to you