Morrison-Knudsen 75th Anniversary (1987)

From the DVD description:
History of projects:
Hoover Dam, Holland Tunnel, SF Outfall, Chicago Tunnel, Ten Tom Waterway, Mackenzie River Islands, Panama Pipeline, GM Auto Plant, R. J. Reynolds, Prisons, Lucky Peak Power Plant, Alaska Pipeline, Valdez Terminal, Prudhoe Bay, Correjon Coal, Thistle Slide, Salt Lake Flood, Anheuser Bush, Shippingport Nuclear, Vermont Yankee, UMTRAP, Shiprock, Real Estate, High Rise Buildings, Mining, Sarpy Creek, Lignite, Transit Cars, NASCO Shipbuilding

[@daddydustinmiller5150]

My dad Frank Miller worked many years for MK. He installed the missles in Montana with MK He built an air strip in Saudi Arabia. Cerrajon coal project. Fort Drum New York. Wilkes Barre locomotive plant. Port of Los Angeles terminal island. TVA on the Tennessee river. He built the Gasification of coal plant in Beulah North Dakota. My dad disarmed all the middle silos in the Ukraine with MK And worked on pretty much all the nuclear plants in North America. Among many other MK projects. He lost all his pension and retirement.

[@ChristopherBloom]

@daddydustinmiller5150, I absolutely guarantee that your dad and my Grandpa worked together on multiple projects. In fact, I have a massive bin of photos sitting right next to me from my grandparents' life, and your dad is likely featured in at least a few. My grandpa was involved in the silos, as well as Saudi. What's wild is that my *dad* followed in his footsteps and was very much involved in the Fort Drum construction. My earliest memories are of growing up in Great Bend, NY, right outside Fort Drum. Were you there too?! We were there from about 1985 - 1988. I'll try and DM you for photos.

[@daddydustinmiller5150]

Yes Watertown NY. Lived on Black River Rd.

[@daddydustinmiller5150]

I’d be really interested in seeing those photos

[@ChristopherBloom]

@@daddydustinmiller5150 let me get some up online for you. I have literally thousands from their time in Saudi.

[@daddydustinmiller5150]

That’d be great my dad would love to see them he just barely stopped working last year.

[@crystaljasper8390]

Wow I thought they were only into railroad frieght locomotives rebuilding and upgrading the systems turning older locos into modern masterpieces no matter the older body style eng and elec upgrades love it....

[@railroading]

It's so sad seeing such a good company go bankrupt

[@ChristopherBloom]

It really is. MK was a huge part of my family's life for multiple generations. From what my Grandpa told me, they treated their people well.

[@OG_Wilikers]

All because of the dumbass Bill Agee, absolutely destroying the company in a matter of a couple years, stunting the growth of Boise Idaho, taking out flights and airlines from the airport because of the bankruptcy, Amtrak leaving also because of the bankruptcy. Bill Agee probably did all of that on purpose.