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October 5, 2006

Seattle firm finds a niche at dizzying heights

  • SafeWorks specializes in products involving restoration and maintenance of elevated structures.
    • By KATIE ZEMTSEFF
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy of SafeWorks [enlarge]
    Workers used a swing stage to clean glass on the MGM hotel in Las Vegas.

    IN THE 1940S, brothers Sid and Bud Fisher won a contract to paint the Aurora Bridge in Seattle. But before climbing the railing and dangling over the 175-foot drop, the brothers decided to create a caged platform that would go on to become an industry standard for that type of work.


     
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