Getting a rise in the World 1912

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Getting a rise in the World 1912

Photograph of the tallest skyscraper (at the time) being built in New York by the Woolworth Company. Workman holding on with nothing but rope chains and without any safety equipment, photo taken when the building had progressed to the thirtieth story, thousands of New Yorkers gathered to see the workers putting in place the gigantic steel girders.
1912

Media ID 14253088

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Builders Chains Crane Hanging Rise Rope Skyscraper Skyscrapers Woolworth Workman Workmen

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