My Sal Gallo came to America from in 1921 along with many other immigrants. In those days, an immigrant would have to look hard to find a job. Each of the immigrants was often quizzed about life in the old country. Many were ultimately turned away by businesses. Sal was lucky; he worked for a time in the before moving to Detroit. For over thirty years, he worked in a foundry there that made pumps; he knocked together wooden patterns for the iron castings that housed the pumps. In that time the business of making pumps was important to the overall economy, but the itself was like a scene out of a horror movie with the fire and noise. , however, each of the pumps is considered a collector’s item.

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