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Hardback. Condición: Good. Walk a Nashville sidewalk or drive any street in the Mid-South, and there's a good chance you will pass over manhole covers, valve boxes, or drainage grates from the John Bouchard & Sons (JBS) foundry. If you haven't noticed them yet, you probably will now. These serve as an integral yet often unnoticed component of the region's infrastructure - a fitting metaphor for the company. If you had family members living in Nashville at any time since 1900, it's a safe bet they drank clean water, rode in elevators, worked in fire sprinkler-protected offices or enjoyed air-conditioned hospitals, movie theaters, and schools thanks to the work of Bouchard. As historian John Egerton said: "The family-owned business has helped mechanize the city." John Bouchard & Sons has provided and maintained elements of critical infrastructure since its inventive founder first set up shop on Harrison St. - the building where its machine shop still operates. For over twelve decades, this diversified business has equipped customers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Churchill Downs, See Rock City to Redstone Arsenal, Vanderbilt Hospital to Memphis International Airport and thousands widely beyond, each getting customized solutions. Herein lies a chronicle of of Nashville and the Mid-South, as told through the eyes of those who keep it operating - expertise in action from mechanical rooms, rafters, and construction trailers. The JBS story ties together much of the region's significant institutions and history - like unseen wires that connect circuits to power.…