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  • noun An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems

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Examples

  • A local area resident for about 20 years, Mr. Overman worked locally as a pipefitter and retired in 2004.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Mary Deely was raised in Wilmington, Del., the daughter of working-class Irish immigrants: Ed, who worked as a pipefitter in DuPont's Chambers Works, and Ann, a seamstress in the valet shop at Wilmington's Hotel du Pont.

    Is Ehrlich's running mate being kept in the shadows? Mike DeBonis 2010

  • Mary Deely was raised in Wilmington, Del., the daughter of working-class Irish immigrants: Ed, who worked as a pipefitter in DuPont's Chambers Works, and Ann, a seamstress in the valet shop at Wilmington's Hotel du Pont.

    Is Ehrlich's running mate being kept in the shadows? Mike DeBonis 2010

  • The son of a pipefitter who worked at a local shipyard, Mr. Anderson grew up in Chesapeake, Va.

    The Maestro of the Monster Truck Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

  • I'm part of the construction industry, I am a union pipefitter.

    LIVE Blog: Chat with us during the show 2010

  • “Happy” Pitts, the boss pipefitter, and Ike Johnson, his signalman, hurling Pitts off his perch atop the form walls and over the side of the dam before crashing into the canyon wall and discharging its load.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • “Happy” Pitts, the boss pipefitter, and Ike Johnson, his signalman, hurling Pitts off his perch atop the form walls and over the side of the dam before crashing into the canyon wall and discharging its load.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women and Work | Tagged career development grantee, Fairbanks, Fellowships, Fellowships and Awards, grants and awards, hanna Stevenson, pipefitter, University of Alaska | 1 Comment

    Meet Hanna Stevenson: Sculptor and Apprentice Pipefitter « AAUW Dialog 2009

  • After graduation, Hanna took the apprentice pipefitter position to enhance her work as an artist by exploring new ways to work with metals.

    Meet Hanna Stevenson: Sculptor and Apprentice Pipefitter « AAUW Dialog 2009

  • To protect her body from the cold Alaskan weather and high winds during her work as an apprentice pipefitter, she wore at least four layers of clothes.

    Meet Hanna Stevenson: Sculptor and Apprentice Pipefitter « AAUW Dialog 2009

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