Sheet metal worker

Sheet metal workers fabricate or install products that are made from thin metal sheets, such as ducts used for heating and air-conditioning. Sheet metal workers have a long history in Minnesota with the first organized union being established in 1890.

For further information see:
Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 at: http://www.smw10.org/
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics/Sheet Metal Workers at: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/sheet-metal-workers.htm

Otto C. Manke

 
Otto Manke-The Man on the Top of the Minnesota Capitol Building

 Copper Cleat with Otto Manke's name and date
Copper cleat Otto C. Manke etched with his name on August, 10, 1902. Discovered on roof at top of the State Capitol in 2011.
Photograph courtesy HGA Architects. Used with permission.
Copper Cleat Location on the Capitol Dome
Location of copper cleat signed by Otto Manke in 1902. It was discovered in 2011 by restoration workers just below the finial atop the State Capitol.
Photograph courtesy HGA Architects. Used with permission.
Minnesota Capitol, 8-2-1902
Minnesota Capitol on August 2, 1902, a few days before Otto Manke etched his name on a cleat securing the copper roof just below the finial at the top of the building on August 10.
Photo by Haas & Wright, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
Capitol dome with ladder, 8-2-1902
August 2, 1902 close-up of the Capitol dome showing the ladder Otto Manke must have climbed to reach the copper roof where he etched his name on August 10.
Photo by Haas & Wright, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
Otto Manke in his shop
Otto Manke in his roofing shop
Photo courtesy Michelle Manke
Otto Manke & Elmhurst Cemetery Board, 1930
Elmhurst Cemetery Board, 1930. Otto Manke, a sheet metal roofer who worked installing the cooper tiles on the Capitol finial is far right, front row. Otto is buried at the cemetery located at the corner of Dale Street and Larpenteur Ave. in St. Paul, MN.
Photo courtesy Elmherst Cemetery.
Otto Manke with Grandson Elmer Manke
Otto Manke with Grandson Elmer Manke
Image courtesy of Michelle Manke and The Manke Family. Used with permission.
Otto Manke with his daughter Alice
Otto Manke with his daughter Alice
Image courtesy of Michelle Manke and The Manke Family. Used with permission.
Otto Manke's union dues record
Otto Manke union dues record from 1901
Image courtesy of Randy Croce. Used with permission.
Otto Manke union dues record-closeup
Otto Manke union dues record-closeup
Image courtesy of Sheet Metal Workers Local 10. Used with permission.
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