In this interview, Don Williams recounts his twenty-five year career at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and discusses his current position in the company's newly created Industrial Division. Hired in 1968, Mr. Williams discusses how he came to work at Charlotte Pipe and his experience working in the nascent Plastics Division. He provides technical details of plastic pipe molding, as well as a brief history of the division that focuses on the considerable growth of the Plastics Division. Mr. Williams also discusses company policies and the Plastic Division's work scheduling, and how the schedule flexibility helped workers. Throughout the interview, he shares anecdotes about his co-workers, foremen, and the founders of the company, the Dowd family.
