Summary: Steeplejack Jim Phelan (top) and his son, apprentice Kells Phelan, inspect the flagpole atop the Ferry Building’s clock tower. Steeplejack Jim Phelan (top) and his son, apprentice Kells Phelan, inspect the flagpole atop the Ferry Building’s clock tower. Kells Phelan is 17, a senior at Sacred Heart Cathedral high school in San Francisco. He took a day off last week for a most unusual extra curricular activity.
