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Patrick J. Quinlan
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By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Patrick J. Quinlan Marker | | |
Inscription.
1849 - - - - - 1893
President
United Association of Journeyman and
Apprentices of the Plumbing and
Pipefitting Industry of the
United States and Canada
1889 - 1892
A plumber born in Boston, Massachusetts, Patrick J. Quinlan was a member of an independent local of plumbers prior to the founding of the UA. In 1889, he began corresponding with Richard A. O’Brien, Secretary of the Knights of Labor District Assembly 85, and Philip Grace, Editor of the Pipe Trades Labor Journal, The Rasp, with the intention of forming one, united organization in the pipe trades.
Quinlan was elected President of the fledgling organization at the founding convention in October, 1889. When he died in 1893, his obituary read: “All members of the United Association know that in his demise they have lost a self-sacrificing member who never shirked a duty, and who was ever present when needed.”
Erected 1990 by United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters.
Location. 39° 28.311′ N, 87° 24.314′ W. Marker is in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County. Marker can be reached from North 8th Street south of Spruce Street| | | | 
By Al Wolf, July 6, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Eugene Debs Home (Museum) | | |
. Click for map. Located in back-yard of Eugene Debs home (museum). Can be reached by a back access drive from Sycamore Street - west of North 9th Street. Marker is at or near this postal address: (back yard of) 451 North 8th Street, Terre Haute IN 47801, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Joseph A. Beirne (here, next to this marker); Peter J. McGuire (here, next to this marker); Jerry Wurf (here, next to this marker); William H. Sylvis (here, next to this marker); Walter Philip Reuther (here, next to this marker); Samuel Gompers (here, next to this marker); Michael J. Quill (here, next to this marker); Philip Murray (here, next to this marker). Click for a list of all markers in Terre Haute.
Also see . . .
1. Video & Historical Outline (Courtesy - Steamfitters & Plumbers 464 Omaha). (Submitted on August 18, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)
2. Leaders of Industrial Unionism ::. (Submitted on August 26, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)
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By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 12, 2012 | |
| | | 3. Patrick J. Quinlan Marker - - (Second from Right) | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 18, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 90 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
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