John Mesenbrink

https://vimeo.com/1071965170 On this week’s Mechanical Hub weekly update, we talk about the unpredictability of the weather, Utah’s Fluoride ban in drinking water, April Fool’s jokes, a visit with our friends from Viega and the Appetite for Construction podcast, which features Jorge Arias, vocational plumbing instructor at the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) Soledad State Prison in Read more

https://vimeo.com/1070103550 Did you know that on this date in 1979, the infamous Three Mile Island accident occurred, which was a partial meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history Read more

https://vimeo.com/1067501692 On this week’s Mechanical Hub update: As I watched the recovery efforts—for the astronauts stuck in space for nine months—live off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., all I kept thinking about was, “Where have these two astronauts been going to the bathroom for that extended period of time?” I guess I’m not alone in Read more

https://vimeo.com/1065326549 Did you know that it has been a tradition to dye the Chicago River green? In fact, the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130, or the Chicago Plumbers Union, have been dyeing the river since 1962. The process includes an orange, vegetable-based powder that is dumped into the river. The powder is spread by two Read more