Mehta Steel Company

Mehta Steel Company has been at 36 Fort for quite a long time. The building is old, like most things in this part of town. If you walk past, you'll see us there among the other shops and offices. Working in Fort is interesting because there is always something going on outside. The streets are narrow and crowded, but we manage to get our steel moved in and out. I usually start the morning with a cup of tea before the first phone calls start coming in. We handle a lot of different steel products. It's heavy work sometimes. The walls inside the shop are covered in old calendars and notes we’ve scribbled over the months. I don't really bother with making things look perfect. It's a place of work, after all. Customers come by because they know where 36 Fort is. They drop off their orders and we see what we can do. Sometimes we have to move things around to find exactly what a person needs. The dust from the metal is just part of the job. I like the routine of it. By the time evening rolls around, the street starts to quiet down a bit, and we start closing up. It is just a regular business day after day. We aren't doing anything revolutionary, just supplying what people ask for and keeping the place running. It’s a lot of lifting and sorting, but it keeps me busy and the days go by fast.