National Lineman's Day
IBEW 1245 and PG&E award copies of SLIM to all northern California linemen.
Slim-William Wister Haines Award
Aiden Ball of Hartville, Ohio is the winner of Southeast Lineman Training Center’s prestigious award, the “William Wister Haines-Slim the Lineman Award” for August 2026; over 13 weeks of grueling, challenging conditions, some 400 trainees aspire to be the best, this is the #1 man.
High Tension + 5
High Tension + 5 stories of American Line Work: First Collectors Edition 2016