The steel in the Hollywood sign came from BlueScope, as far as Robert Crimmins is concerned.
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Because he was working there on the day the steel was cut.
Last month the Mercury reported that BlueScope managers believed the company had supplied the steel for the Hollywood sign but couldn’t find the documents to prove it.
But Crimmins, a retired steelworker with 27 years at BlueScope, said he remembered the day the order for the steel came into the Spring Hill plant around 1980.
“It was definitely an afternoon shift,” Mr Crimmins said.
“We used to get the orders printed out on a dot matrix printout. It tells you the order, the colour and the end customer.
“To my recollection, it identified it as the Hollywood sign and I said to the guys, ‘look at this, we’re making a name for ourselves painting this sign’.
“I went home that night and told the wife we had an order to paint the Hollywood sign.”
He’d considered keeping the work order as a souvenir but thought better of it.
Still, he reckoned there should be some proof the work order at BlueScope.
“It’s a bit of a claim to fame, yeah,” he said of his involvement with the iconic sign.
“But not many people believe me.”