Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Everybody under 40 really has no idea. I told my kids years ago with these projects, “I’ll shoot them, I’ll cut them, I’ll do something with them, and when I pass, you’ll look in my sock drawer and there will be all these great stories.” So, this one goes in the sock drawer along with all the rest. So, it was a milieu I was comfortable with. https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-aerial-view-of-industrial-sites-and-ironworkers-memorial-second-narrows-165822082.html. In 1958, Peter Hall was working as a draftsman for the Dominion Bridge Company. Michael Wheatley Alamy Live News Credit: Michael Wheatley/Alamy Live News, https://www.alamy.com/vancouver-canada-greenpeace-activists-hang-from-second-narrows-ironworkers-memorial-bridge-to-prevent-oill-tankers-from-accessing-kinder-morgan-westridge-termunal-michael-wheatley-alamy-live-news-credit-michael-wheatleyalamy-live-news-image210782441.html, Tanker and tugboats passing under Ironworkers Memorial Bridge; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-tanker-and-tugboats-passing-under-ironworkers-memorial-bridge-vancouver-83424180.html, https://www.alamy.com/aerial-panoramic-view-of-an-industrial-site-and-second-narrows-bridge-during-a-sunny-summer-day-taken-in-north-vancouver-british-columbia-canada-image243661458.html, Rainbow, New Brighton Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, https://www.alamy.com/rainbow-new-brighton-park-vancouver-british-columbia-canada-image347961138.html, Vancouver and North Vancouver w Mt. Credit: Maria Janicki/Alamy. Burnaby British Columbia, Canada (Metro Vancouver). Traffic driving over Ironworkers memorial Bridge in Vancouver, BC, Canada. But he kept on saying, “It’s not about me.” And I kept on saying, “Well, a strong story has an interesting spine of characters who we watch move through time. Nobody has ever seen it.” And I thought, “Well, they will now.” We’ve been working on it ever since. While a memorial was erected in their honor (located on the South side), it wasn’t until 1994 that the bridge was officially renamed the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Besides Peter Hall’s footage, was there another reason that made you want to devote an entire film to this event? Vehicles travelling northbound on Highway 1 over to North Vancouver. The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and the Burrard Inlet can be seen, but the North Shore Mountains are completely obscured. At the end of the article, [Peter Hall] mentioned that he’d done some filming around the Second Narrows Bridge while it was being built. 4th July 2018. The Tyee spoke with Orr about uncovering Hall’s 60-year-old footage, and befriending the octogenarian in the process. Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, a bridge across the Burrard Inlet at Vancouver, British Columbia McClugage Bridge , a bridge across the Illinois River at Peoria, Illinois Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term I knew of the bridge, but the stories were all old newspaper photographs and a plaque beside the road. I’m not looking for the next project, but the way my project life has worked, one finishes and one rolls along and goes, “What about me?” You never know. One rescue worker also lost their life and 20 others were injured. Until this came along, I had never given it any thought. Greenpeace activists start their second day of hanging from Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to prevent oill tankers from accessing Kinder Morgan Westridge Termunal, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I already registered online/by phone. They were building from the North Shore and the south shore simultaneously and the bridge coming out from the North Shore had to be a big arch. https://www.alamy.com/water-level-view-of-underside-of-ironworkers-memorial-bridge-which-spans-burrard-inlet-at-second-narrows-connecting-vancouver-and-the-north-shore-image238923195.html. On June 17, 1958, 79 workers constructing the new Second Narrows Bridge plunged into the Burrard Inlet as the bridge collapsed in the middle of construction. ChemTrade chemical plant is seen in North Van. I plan to vote in-person during the advance voting period. 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