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Amazing Photos Showing the Dangerous of Constructing the

Empire State Building

 

 

 

Vintage Everyday

 

April7, 2015

 

 

 

 

The Empire State Building is an iconic office building known as "the Most Famous Skyscraper in the World." Built during the Depression between 1930 and 1931, the Empire State Building became the world's tallest office building until 1967. The design of the building changed 16 times during planning and construction, but 3,000 workers completed the building's construction in record time: one year and 45 days, including Sundays and holidays.

Sep, 13. 1930. Carl Russell waves to his co-workers on the structural work of the 88th floor of the new Empire State Building.

Sept. 29, 1930. Flirting with danger is just routine work for the steel workers arranging the steel frame for the Empire State Building, which will be the world's tallest structure when completed.

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Sept. 29, 1930. An odd photographic trick placed this steelworker's finger on the lofty pinnacle of the Chrysler Building. This view was taken from the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building, which is now rising on the site of the old Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. A mooring mast for dirigibles will cap this 1,284-foot structure.

Oct. 29, 1930. A construction worker hangs from an industrial crane during the construction of the Empire State Building.

Jan. 26, 1932. It may be painful for the ant-like spectators in the street below, but it's all in a day's work for these smiling window washers as they go about their precarious work cleaning up the Empire State Building, world's tallest structure, at dizzy heights of hundreds of feet above the street.

Jan. 26, 1932. The startling 'shot' was made by the photographer looking down upon the window washers on the 34th street side of the world-famed building. Note the tiny insects that are motor cars and pedestrians.

Dec. 2, 1932. A striking silhouette atop the gigantic RCA Building in Rockefeller Center, New York, as workmen light their cigarettes at the end of a working day. The Empire State Building rises dramatically in the background.

Mar. 24, 1936. An unusual picture of one of the intrepid window washers working on the Empire State Building, as he pauses in his task to draw a lung-full of clean air at his height. With the oncoming of the warmer weather our skyscrapers begin to look like giant ant-hills as these washers clamber over the faces of the structures calmly doing their nerve-tingling work. Or maybe the fellow pictured here is just issuing an invitation to the cameraman to come a little closer.

Sept. 19, 1930. Workmen at the new Empire State building that is being erected on the site of the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 34th Street and 5th Avenue. in New York, by a corporation headed by the former Governor Al Smith, raised a flag on the 88th story of the great building, 1,048 feet above the street. The flag thus is at the highest point in the city higher then the Crystler Building. Photo shows the workmen at the ceremonies.

Sept. 29, 1930. Erected on the site of the old Waldorf Astoria, this building will rise 1,284 feet into the air. A zeppelin mooring mast will cap this engineering feat.

July 30, 1945. Workmen erect scaffolding on the 33rd Street Side of the Empire State Building as reconstruction work on the skyscraper begins. In spite of the damage the structure suffered when a B-25 crashed between the 78th and 79th stories, the world's tallest building was open today (July 30th), two days after the tragic accident.

Feb. 28, 1956. Workmen place one of the new beacon lights in position on the 90th floor of an impressive electronic crown in the form of four far-reaching night beacons. Combined, the four Empire State Night lights will generate almost two billion candle power of light and will be the brightest continuous source of man-made light in the world. Engineers say the beacons can be seen from as far as 300 miles. Cost of the installation is $250,000.   c. 1930s Empire State vertigo Building the then-world's tallest building, one rivet at a time by Chris Wild Sep, 13. 1930 "Carl Russell waves to his co-workers on the structural work of the 88th floor of the new Empire State Building. When complete the highest man-made structure in the world will rise 1,222 feet above the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. The cameraman risked his life climbing a derrick to snap this unusual photograph. Notice the "Toy" cars and the ant-sized pedestrians walking about Herald Square almost a quarter of a mile below." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Construction of New York City's Empire State Building began in 1929 and finished in 1931. Its opening coincided with the Great Depression and, as a result, much of the office space went unrented, leading to the derisory nickname the "Empty State Building." Earnings from the observation deck made as much as the rental income in its first year. The skyscraper did not become profitable until 1950. Construction involved 3,400 workers, some from Europe, plus hundreds of Mohawk workers (Iron Walkers) from Kahnawake reservation near Montreal. The Mohawk's involvement in high-level construction goes back to 1886 when a group of men were hired to work on a bridge over the St. Lawrence River onto Mohawk land. The tribe members had an aptitude for working at heights.  By 1916 many had moved to New York, where they worked on almost all of New York's major projects. From the 1920s to 1960s several Mohawk families moved to Brooklyn, to save their men the long drive home at the end of every week. Mohawk construction workers continue to work on construction sites to the present day. The Empire State's construction work and its workers were a magnet for press and magazine photographers, which is how many iconic images of the construction work were created, like these. The Mohawks did not have a fear of heights. They would climb up into the span and walk around up there as cool and collected as the toughest of our riveters, most of whom were old sailing ship men. Company superintendent, St. Lawrence River bridge c. 1929-1931 "Empire State Building under Construction" Image: Bettmann/Corbis A lot of people think Mohawks aren’t afraid of heights; that’s not true. We have as much fear as the next guy. The difference is that we deal with it better. Kyle Karonhiaktatie Beauvais (Mohawk, Kahnawake), March 2002 Sep. 29, 1931 "A 'blimp' flying over the Empire State Building." Image: Bettmann/Corbis   Dec. 2, 1932 "New York City: Lighting Up 'Way Up.' A striking silhouette atop the gigantic RCA Building in Rockefeller Center, New York, as workmen light their cigarettes at the end of a working day. The Empire State Building rises dramatically in the background." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Sept. 29, 1930 "Erected on the site of the old Waldorf Astoria, this building will rise 1,284 feet into the air. A zeppelin mooring mast will cap this engineering feat." Image: Bettmann/Corbis   Corbis Sept. 29, 1930 Image: Bettmann/Corbis Mar. 24, 1936 "Air like wine. An unusual picture of one of the intrepid window washers working on the Empire State Building, as he pauses in his task to draw a lung-full of clean air at his height. With the oncoming of the warmer weather our skyscrapers begin to look like giant ant-hills as these washers clamber over the faces of the structures calmly doing their nerve-tingling work. Or maybe the fellow pictured here is just issuing an invitation to the cameraman to come a little closer." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Sept. 29, 1930 Image: Bettmann/Corbis   Image: Bettmann/Corbis Sept. 29, 1930 Image: Bettmann/Corbis Sept. 29, 1930 "An odd photographic trick placed this steelworker's finger on the lofty pinnacle of the Chrysler Building. This view was taken from the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building, which is now rising on the site of the old Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. A mooring mast for dirigibles will cap this 1,284-foot structure." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Oct. 29, 1930 "A construction worker hangs from an industrial crane during the construction of the Empire State Building." Image: Bettmann/Corbis May 1, 1931 "Ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others at the top of the Empire State Building, tallest in the world, gazing out over the New York panorama. This scene took place immediately after the official opening of the structure this morning, which was completed when President Herbert Hoover pressed a telegraph key back in Washington, DC, which turned on all of the building's lights. Mr. Smith is the president of the company that built the building." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Feb. 28, 1956 "Workmen place one of the new beacon lights in position on the 90th floor of an impressive electronic crown in the form of four far-reaching night beacons. Combined, the four Empire State Night lights will generate almost two billion candle power of light and will be the brightest continuous source of man-made light in the world. Engineers say the beacons can be seen from as far as 300 miles. Cost of the installation is $250,000." Image: Bettmann/Corbis May 22, 1947 "View From the Top of the Empire State Building" Image: Bettmann/Corbis July 30, 1945 "Workmen erect scaffolding on the 33rd Street Side of the Empire State Building as reconstruction work on the skyscraper begins. In spite of the damage the structure suffered when a B-25 crashed between the 78th and 79th stories, the world's tallest building was open today (July 30th), two days after the tragic accident." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Sept. 19, 1930 "Workmen at the new Empire State building that is being erected on the site of the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 34th Street and 5th Avenue. in New York, by a corporation headed by the former Governor Al Smith, raised a flag on the 88th story of the great building, 1,048 feet above the street. The flag thus is at the highest point in the city higher then the Crystler Building. Photo shows the workmen at the ceremonies." Image: Bettmann/Corbis Share this story