A senior programmer/analyst
at ITT/Goulds Pumps, Audrey Iwanicki, participated in an employee art show at Syracuse’s
Everson Museum. That led to her selection as a trail sculptor. Iwanicki calls the central
figure "Pump Man." The assembly is 8 feet tall, a mechanical torso with human-like
face and hands. Actual Goulds Pumps’ parts have been fashioned into limbs and accessories
surrounding the figure. Iwanicki learned welding to create the work and cast pieces in a
Syracuse University open studio sculpture course. The work is installed in a clearing
across the canal from where the Goulds’ Fall Street plant has stood for 100 years.