Joe the Scaler
From the plaque:
"The man depicted on this monument is performing one of the most dangerous, yet essential jobs in the contruction of the (Boulder) Hoover Dam. Sitting in a bosun's chair, hundreds of feet in the air, his job was to set charges and clear the loose rock from the face of the canyon walls.
This statue depicts Joe Kine, who performed the work of a high scaler at Boulder Dam, Glen Canyon Dam and other reclamation projects in the 1930's and 1940's. Joe was given the first artist's proof several years before his death in 1998.
This monument is dedicated to all the men who labored to build Hoover Dam[,] 98 of whom lost their lives during various phases of the project. J.G. Tierney, a U.S.B.R. employee, drowned in 1922. In 1935, his son Patrick W. Tiernery, also a U.S.B.R. employee, was the final fatality.
Steven Ligouri, the artist of the High Scaler, was commissioned to do the orignal bronze statue by Bert Hansen.
This statue was made possible through donations to the Nevada Business Enterprise Program for the Blind.
September 2000"
Joe the Scaler
From the plaque:
"The man depicted on this monument is performing one of the most dangerous, yet essential jobs in the contruction of the (Boulder) Hoover Dam. Sitting in a bosun's chair, hundreds of feet in the air, his job was to set charges and clear the loose rock from the face of the canyon walls.
This statue depicts Joe Kine, who performed the work of a high scaler at Boulder Dam, Glen Canyon Dam and other reclamation projects in the 1930's and 1940's. Joe was given the first artist's proof several years before his death in 1998.
This monument is dedicated to all the men who labored to build Hoover Dam[,] 98 of whom lost their lives during various phases of the project. J.G. Tierney, a U.S.B.R. employee, drowned in 1922. In 1935, his son Patrick W. Tiernery, also a U.S.B.R. employee, was the final fatality.
Steven Ligouri, the artist of the High Scaler, was commissioned to do the orignal bronze statue by Bert Hansen.
This statue was made possible through donations to the Nevada Business Enterprise Program for the Blind.
September 2000"