The original machine we had for packaging our aluminum cans was a crushing type machine. We would send the cans up a conveyor belt and they would drop into a large bucket and then down into a compactor and would be compressed into a cube. They would come out a small door and slide down [...]
Archive for the ‘Rick’s Job Stories’ Category
Dr. Clark was a big help. He gave me a recommendation for a job opportunity with a “mom-n-pop” recycling organization. I visited one of the two employees that worked for this company. It was located at the White Horse Road Fairgrounds. He was an out-going senior who was going back to Louisiana after graduation. (Not [...]
The year was 1984. I was working at a place called TranAmerica Delaval. This plant was in Monroe, NC. Today I think it is called something else. It was at that time a subsidiary of the larger TransAmerica Corporation in San Francisco. I had been working there since 1981. I came to TD from Prince [...]
