Electric Utility Operations

Northwest Lineman College Unveils New Lineman Statue

Sept. 7, 2017

All four of Northwest Lineman College's campuses now have a statue of a lineman. The campus in Oroville, California, recently installed a bronze statue to honor lineworkers.

Amy Fischbach

A new bronze sculpture of a lineman now welcomes students at Northwest Lineman College in Oroville, California. The campus unveiled the 6-ft, 6-in. statue only a few days before a class of linemen were set to graduate. Following their graduation, they competed in a Lineman's Rodeo to showcase their skills to the local community.

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Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the contributing editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission and Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].