32 Unbelievable Pictures That Make Me Feel Both Amazed And Incredibly, Violently Sick To My Stomach
What follows are a series of images from the early 20th century of construction workers building New York City, San Francisco, and a couple other places.
My challenge to you is this: Can you make it through all these pictures without feeling sick to YOUR stomach? Let’s see…
1. “An American construction worker walking blindfolded on a construction girder twenty stories high in New York City.”
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2. “A workman takes a siesta on a girder during the building of Radio City.”
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3. “A construction worker is hauled up to his place of work on a 30-storey skyscraper on New York’s waterfront.”
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4. “A New York construction worker walks along a girder high above the city streets.”
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5. “Two workers high above lower Manhattan, during the construction of a skyscraper.”
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6. “Construction worker on the Empire State Building, New York City.”
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7. “Construction workers walking on the scaffolding of the RCA building.”
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8. “A group of steel workers standing on scaffolding 70 stories high looking down over New York City from the RCA building.”
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9. “Two New York construction workers stop for lunch high above the city.”
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10. “Two construction workers on the Pan American Building standing on girders 59 stories above the New York streets.”
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11. “A steelworker dangling in a graceful sangfroid during the construction of the Empire State Building.”
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12. “A construction worker stands on crane pulley counterweight during the construction of the Empire State Building.”
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13. “Photographer with camera suspended from hook of a crane high in the air.”
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14. “A photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, showing a worker during construction of the Empire State Building, New York City, 1931.”
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15. “A man standing on the first cables during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.”
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16. “Members of a derrick gang fixing a beam during the construction of the Empire State Building, with the streets of New York far below them.”
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17. “Looking down at two steel workers as they maneuver girders into position during the construction of a skyscraper.”
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18. “Carl Russell waves to his co-workers on the structural work of the 88th floor of the new Empire State Building. Notice the “Toy” cars and the ant-sized pedestrians walking about Herald Square almost a quarter of a mile below.”
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19. “High-angle view of a worker sitting on a steel girder high atop the Chrysler Building, on the 54th floor, during its construction, New York City.”
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20. “The men stand in the steel cables and chains of a crane, 1912.”
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21. “A steel worker balances on a girder during the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City.”
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22. “Photo shows the iron workers perched on a girder twenty stories in the air and enjoying their lunch, unconcerned about the twenty story drop below.”
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23. “Members of a derrick gang fixing a beam during the construction of the Empire State Building, with the streets of New York far below them.”
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24. “A workman, hired on for the repainting of the massive Eiffel Tower, is shown seated high up on a section of the tower, with a bucket of paint tied to his belt.”
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25. “Workers on New York skyscraper.”
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26. “New York construction workers, circa 1950.”
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27. “Construction worker sits on a scaffold and looks over New York.”
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28. “A team of riveters secures a huge girder into place during construction of the Paramount Building.”
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29. “Circa 1930: Builders working on the construction of a skyscraper in New York.”
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30. “A workman painting the Eiffel Tower, Paris, October 1969.”
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31. “Men 500 ft up Blackpool Tower where repairs are being carried out.”
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32. “A photographer balances eighteen stories above Fifth Avenue while he uses a stereoscopic camera to take pictures of the city.”
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