Winter layup celebrates Milwaukee's industrial history

Uniquely Milwaukee · Aug 23, 2019 · 2m

For ten years, Jim Brozek strapped his camera to his side while he worked as a laborer on Jones Island. In between cleaning and painting steel ore boats, Brozek would snap numerous photographs capturing the haunting yet peaceful atmosphere when working during winter layups. The images were taken from 1979 to 1985 and are now currently displayed at a storefront immediately west of Mo’s Irish Pub in downtown Milwaukee. Salam Fatayer reports.