To even think about being up that high is terrifying to me, let alone lying down on that beam. But I guess you don't go down to the ground just to take a break. Truly brave souls.
@@JoseRodriguez-qc5jr I'm sure those nets would help after they hit every steel beam on the way down😂I've tried to be nice to you, but nothing makes me angrier " than a know it all" who actually KNOWS NOTHING AT ALL!!! GO AWAY JOSE!
It was fun to learn from my mom some years ago that my grandfather and uncles as part of the masonry trade, worked on both the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.
What’s even more impressive is how few people died making this particular building, with one man dying because he leaned in and looked up the elevator shaft as the elevator came in and squished him. I just don’t know how they did/do it. Most respect to them!
Imagine scaffolding all the way up to the top even with the braces attached I would be shitting myself. I work at heights and have done scaffolding before. Don't think they had scaffolding back then or did they.
+Louis Wills-Fidock April,1930 to April ,1931 when the Empire State Building was built ,amazing that huge building only took a year to build.Today it would probably take 8 years to build.
Just watching those pictures gave me butterflies in my stomach and tingling my feet, how can those guys take nap on those steel beams at such heights is beyond me.
@The Wraith there used to be a lot of work, the reason that these people were risking their lives to construct a building was because they were paid decent wages, they could have accepted any other job.
I fished commercially in the Bering Sea for 5 years. And I've owned a tree service for 25 years. But I would never walk on a 4 inch I-beam without a safety harness! Those guys were nuts!
Gracias por compartir estás maravillosas fotografías, mis respetos para estos trabajadores, que hermoso edificio construyeron, miro al cielo y dónde estén reciban un abrazo de mi espíritu.
You literally have to have nerves of steel to have done a job like this. Whether it was 10 or 1000 feet off the ground it made no difference to these men. They just didn't let it phase them.
Is it really that social for them? Maybe heights is something which doesn't phase them. How many would say they got fear of heights and did it anyways? Cos that would be bravery. Other than that, it's just a walk in the park.
I was an apprentice iron worker with local 387 for a year and two men died one from a fall the other by negligent Crain operator needless to say I had a very short apprenticeship and my respect for the work is immense
That's what happens when we brainwash ourselves with "respect all" and "show love". Back then, respect was earned not given. Back then, people were brave to express themselves; for example, if someone hated you and you were talking to him, he would say that he hates you in your face. The toughen up attitude has died. Men are now less masculine and more feminine. We have become weaker and follow our feelings and desires and believe we are entitled to have it all. Back then, they used to follow their desires and work to earn them. Today, we step away from everything that dissatisfied us. Back then, they weren't afraid to leave their comfort zones. Each generation is getting weaker and weaker.
THE SAFETY OF A LIFE IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT! DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ERA IN TIME! .... MUCH RESPECT FOR THE WORK ETHIC AND CONFIDENCE! .... THESE RISKS SHOULD NEVER EVER BE TAKEN AGAIN EVER!
"Daryl Hard" also a good sense of balance. I sometimes wonder if such workers were ever trapeze artists or tightrope walkers in a circus first.. If not, then one has to wonder how they get he skill. It has nothing to do with merely having a dad or uncle who did it.
That took real guts to do what they did with no safety like today.I worked on chimney stacks in the UK in the 1960's and pylons and that was bad enough
Incredible! What's almost unbelievable is that according to official records, only 5 men died during its construction. And of those, only two from falls. Bear in mind that, at its peak, there were around 3000 men working simultaneously.
Ok, they were crazy. Nah, buy seriously, I appreciate and truly respect these brave men for giving us such an iconic structure to be proud of and admire
I bet this was extremely dangerous back in the 1930s but now people think it’s pretty hard to make but it’s actually probably pretty easy for modern day instructors.
Hoje em dia com tanta segurança, uniforme próprio e equipamentos para evitar acidentes e nessa época os trabalhadores se arriscando nas alturas...isso é mágico e muito corajosos trabalhar sob essas condiçoes adversas e mesmo assim construiram o predio mais famoso do mundo que é de admirar.
Apparently the construction was completed in 13 and a half months. Modern skyscrapers even if you’re 40-50 stories it takes 13 months long to just complete the concrete structure. Doing this back then with Steel structure just shows what an impressive feat it actually is.
Can't imagine also the weather conditions those guys put up with. Winds rain etc. Guess weather didn't brother them much. They were to tough they beat the weather. Can't imagine what all these men went through to build the Empire State Building. Bet be nice if we could hear some of their stories.Be so fascinating to just listen to them.
i work as a scaffolder now days you have to have a 100 % hook up as a scaffolder and if people are on the edges like that with out a harness and hook up it has to be fully hand railed by us if not its a firing offence for both on the spot these old men had balls
That was with out a doubt the toughest generation in the history of America. Amazes me that so much of this type of stuff was build with out the automated equipment and basically zero safety equipment. Wow!! Much respect for my Father and Grandfather!
Pretty amazing what these guys did to build this building!!! They've got nerves of steel no pun intended but damn I couldn't do that one wrong step and your dead!!! I tip my hat to these guys!!!
"Travis Krause" Yes. But also certain people are just meant to do certain jobs. I recall when I was a child, my parents hired a group of moving men to move furniture from their ( my parent's) apartment on a lower floor of an old building to an apartment that was some four floors up, NO elevator in the building. One of the moving men carried a heavy refrigerator on his back up the steps from the lower to the upper apartment. He was not some huge burly guy but a regular sized, even skinny guy. When my dad told him that he did an amazing job. The guy pointed to his shoulders and back and said "I am strong here and here," then he pointed to his head and said "I have nothing up here." It seems that these men who work in construction , at least in the past, were cut out to do hard labor but they often were under educated and do such work because it is mainly all they can do.
@@obscurelyvague I get where your coming from but I was bull myself but also considered very smart according to the tell tale IQ test but heres the thing I was very strong even as a child so I've been told but I ate hard work up like it was candy loved it even!!! But it also was what I had to do because when me and siblings were youngsters our parents couldn't afford to put us through college!!! They acquired money later in life and we were to old and set in our ways to go to school!!!
@@traviskrause8509 Thanks for your perspective. Really it is informative and interesting. The thing too, is that a lot of men probably can do hard physical work while they are a certain age, but then when they get older (perhaps well before they even turn 40) they can develop back or other problems and can no longer do hard physical work as they used to. I have heard some guys say that they used to be strong when younger but then got injured.
@@obscurelyvague ya I suppose its different for many but alot of it too is they have no heart just there for a paycheck which is a petpeave of mine!!! And alot of people talk a big game and that's all it is to them! But it didn't matter what I was doing and for how much but they always got 110% out me a man with no heart is worthless in my opinion!!!
These men lived much better life, drinking tea/coffee , listening to the 40s music from radio, seeing the spectacular view of New York while constructing.
I’m not even tied up at that time and under these conditions. They are men of great courage and without fear of heights. impressive !
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I just hope they paid these guys well and gave them health insurance and pensions. I think every one of them who worked on this building should have their names engraved on a wall of skill, honor and bravery in the lobby.
A lot of hard-drinking went on in the speakeasies (protected by Tammany police) after work every night and you can see why. The Mohawks would drive for 12 hours after clocking off on a Friday night, arriving home in Kahnawake, Quebec, in the early hours. Sunday afternoon they'd all drive back, another 12 hours, then straight onto the job, walking iron again hundreds of feet above the street by early Monday morning. These men were the unnamed legends of the era- no hard hats, no harnesses, no safety gear or tie-offs. Unsung heroes who deserved the real credit in the making of these iconic buildings. Breathtaking images.
Giusto. Però non dimentichiamo i morti. Venivano diciamo..... Assunti operai apache che per dono di natura non soffrivano di vertigini riuscendo a camminare su barre di 10 centimetri
Just imagine dropping your tools/equipment and having to go back to the ground to pick them up and go back up again God bless each and everyone single one of these hard working gentlemen and their families always.🌹✊🕊️🙏🇬🇧💎😎
Es de gran admiración ver que en ese momento los verdaderos hombres tenían realmente unos nervios de acero para no temer trabajar en esas alturas sin las rigurosas normas de seguridad como en la actualidad. Gran valor de titanes.
Un gran reconocimiento a todos esos obreros....Que dejaron todo,por hacer grande y famoso este inmenso edificio y rascacielos.....Gracias a sus manos y arte
Canal projects had the highest total of construction worker deaths with 163,609 deaths in only four projects. Railway projects also had a large number with 107,200 spread across only two railroad projects. Tunnel and dam projects recorded a total of 772 and 733 construction worker deaths respectively. The construction of the empire state building recorded only 5 deaths even though 5 is still far to many it goes to show the skill, integrity and bravery of these men.
All the guys sitting beside each other when eating is crazy, i would eat alone cause one guy can just push u and ur done, u never know the guy beside u can make a mistake and ur done.
Some of these photos like the ones where the men are eating lunch and pretending to sleep on the girder aren't from the Empire State Building but are from the making of the RCA Building in 1932. The RCA building at Rockefeller Center (30 Rock) was later renamed the GE Building and finally the Comcast Building.
@The Wraith Im saying alot of the men today wouldent have a balls to do it sure they dident have a choice, sure they dident have food on the table but they still did it.
Modern extreme people do this from time to time and are known throughout the world .. In the old days, builders were engaged in extreme sports for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and no one knew about them)
Ive always liked the photo of The Lunchbreak,I think its called?Ever since I first seen it.Amazing to me how they looked so comfortable like there on a park bench.
@John Smith it's called lunch A top a skyscraper, it's as someone pointed out not the empire state but another building ,if you look closely you look down on the rca building
Those guys have the coolest selfies / pictures ever taken. Some people risk even lose their lives for a picture like that to post in social media. For those guy it just was another day at work.
Some building sites eg the “Golden Gate” Bridge had huge nets for safety. Yes they had a few fatalities but not so many as these sites. Building sites are inherently dangerous.There are a few cowboys still who think they will not be hurt. All you need is to slip . Building sites in Victoria, Australia require guards on roofs over the 1st floor, rail on steps etc, just common sense stuff.
My grandfather worked on the Empire State Building he was an ironworker and his personality went past just “nerves of steel” his whole personality was like steel. I guess that’s the best personality to have if your going to fight in both world wars.
Hard to believe that this amazing building was completed ahead of schedule and way under budget. Plus, only five workers were killed during the construction process. Two deaths took place in the basement!
I have SO much respect for these type of guys. Incredible people.
I had a safety harness attached to my chair just to be able to watch this video.
i actually feel queezy watching this
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😁😁 thanxyou sir. You make me smile reads your comment
I can barely look at these pictures without my palms sweating..
… & going VERY weak in the knees❕😳😱
& having goosebumps.....
Andrew Mair Now my arms are heavy
Weedman420 Mom’s spaghetti
@@andrewmair7371 moms spaghetti
To even think about being up that high is terrifying to me, let alone lying down on that beam. But I guess you don't go down to the ground just to take a break. Truly brave souls.
Gayle Green cámara trick don’t believe everything you see 🦁
Gayle Green they use a net underneath the workers but they don’t show, they are crazy no pendejos 😳
@@JoseRodriguez-qc5jr I'm sure those nets would help after they hit every steel beam on the way down😂I've tried to be nice to you, but nothing makes me angrier " than a know it all" who actually KNOWS NOTHING AT ALL!!! GO AWAY JOSE!
@@prettyinpink550 GAYle hehehe
Gayle Green 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍👋🏼
It's people like this that built this country they did a great job God bless them all
most the time , one mistake would have been the last mistake,
It' s so terryfing
only 5 people died building it
Yup. Slip. Splatt.
@@ResidentGerm only 😖😖😖
Does it know how many died during construction
My hat off for these wonderful people who’s build up New York 🙏
It was fun to learn from my mom some years ago that my grandfather and uncles as part of the masonry trade, worked on both the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.
Just in case you raise a legitimate question about my last name, my mom's side of the family are the Italians.
@@nexstory nahh Ken- your Uncle Irving Was up there too.plenty of Jewish Carpenters were on that site I’m sure
More than 'fun' learning about your family history with regards to these buildings. I imagine there's also a huge amount of totally justifiable pride.
@@nexstory - How can we be expected to raise any questions, when all it says here is "nexstory"?
LOL, on some sites my name (last name Cohen) is listed. Thanks for the laugh!@@samuelluria4744
As I have fear of heights, even watching this slide-show makes me nervous!!
Me too
Me three
There's a fourth!!
Me five.
Me six !
What’s even more impressive is how few people died making this particular building, with one man dying because he leaned in and looked up the elevator shaft as the elevator came in and squished him. I just don’t know how they did/do it. Most respect to them!
These were brave dudes. Real men.
Real Blokes one slip they were gone how much were they paid not much I take it.
Imagine scaffolding all the way up to the top even with the braces attached I would be shitting myself. I work at heights and have done scaffolding before. Don't think they had scaffolding back then or did they.
+Louis Wills-Fidock Probably $2.00 an hour ,if that much.
During the depression that was built wasn't it? Risk their lives everyday for 2 bucks an hour can't see anyone these days doing that for so less.
+Louis Wills-Fidock April,1930 to April ,1931 when the Empire State Building was built ,amazing that huge building only took a year to build.Today it would probably take 8 years to build.
I'm a lineman and I worked in high towers but those are the real heroes 👍
Just watching those pictures gave me butterflies in my stomach and tingling my feet, how can those guys take nap on those steel beams at such heights is beyond me.
Obvious 9/11 joke is obvious.
These guys where real men back in the day..
They did what they had to feed their families. I don’t think they worried about that. That’s why they where real men
As opposed to what ? Today's men ? All of whom are just Nancy Boys ????
@The Wraith there used to be a lot of work, the reason that these people were risking their lives to construct a building was because they were paid decent wages, they could have accepted any other job.
@The Wraith they are paid decent wages, otherwise they wouldn't work there.
there is a very good chance they were racists and misogynists so i don’t know why you are glorifying them
I ever want seeing more photos about that historical event. Bravo!
I fished commercially in the Bering Sea for 5 years. And I've owned a tree service for 25 years. But I would never walk on a 4 inch I-beam without a safety harness! Those guys were nuts!
If they fall they'll just land on their balls of steel.
mymanPADDYMCNAIR leleleleleell
Terrifying, courageous men.. breathtaking images
The picture of them having lunch sitting on that beam with their legs dangling gets me woozie every time , and that's just a photo 😱
Gracias por compartir estás maravillosas fotografías, mis respetos para estos trabajadores, que hermoso edificio construyeron, miro al cielo y dónde estén reciban un abrazo de mi espíritu.
You literally have to have nerves of steel to have done a job like this. Whether it was 10 or 1000 feet off the ground it made no difference to these men. They just didn't let it phase them.
Terrance Kenallen from experience the higher you go up the worse it gets, the wind gets super strong
Is it really that social for them? Maybe heights is something which doesn't phase them. How many would say they got fear of heights and did it anyways? Cos that would be bravery. Other than that, it's just a walk in the park.
I was an apprentice iron worker with local 387 for a year and two men died one from a fall the other by negligent Crain operator needless to say I had a very short apprenticeship and my respect for the work is immense
Crane...
@@resnonverba137 - Ed moved on to become an English teacher.
@@samuelluria4744 If only that wasn't a possibility...
I can't even go up a step ladder without getting nervous.
Whatever those guys were being paid, it wasn't enough....!!!
That is what you call, men with balls. In your case not so much. Hahaha
+cabra vieja Men without balls are girlie men.Aka GAY.
DoubleDogDare54 they were lucky to be paid period. Since the Great Depression had just started
5$ every day. Thats like 50$ in this present day.
That's what happens when we brainwash ourselves with "respect all" and "show love". Back then, respect was earned not given. Back then, people were brave to express themselves; for example, if someone hated you and you were talking to him, he would say that he hates you in your face. The toughen up attitude has died. Men are now less masculine and more feminine. We have become weaker and follow our feelings and desires and believe we are entitled to have it all. Back then, they used to follow their desires and work to earn them. Today, we step away from everything that dissatisfied us. Back then, they weren't afraid to leave their comfort zones. Each generation is getting weaker and weaker.
I’ll bet none of these men knelt at the singing of the national anthem. True Americans, working class heroes, ALL OF THEM!⚒⚙️⚒
Unbelievable....it turns my stomach over watching this and I’m laying down in bed ....incredible !!
I painted bridges and tanks for 30 years and some of these pics give me the willies.
THE SAFETY OF A LIFE IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT! DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ERA IN TIME! .... MUCH RESPECT FOR THE WORK ETHIC AND CONFIDENCE! .... THESE RISKS SHOULD NEVER EVER BE TAKEN AGAIN EVER!
Those guys that built that thing had nerves of steel.
Ya but i bet alot them workers fell off them beams to their death.
@@rayinzunza1359 Yeah. Google says five men died making it.
Only 5 men died?
"Daryl Hard" also a good sense of balance. I sometimes wonder if such workers were ever trapeze artists or tightrope walkers in a circus first.. If not, then one has to wonder how they get he skill. It has nothing to do with merely having a dad or uncle who did it.
And balls they had to push around in a wheelbarrow. That was when real men walked the earth.
That took real guts to do what they did with no safety like today.I worked on chimney stacks in the UK in the 1960's and pylons and that was bad enough
Glad I’m laying down watching this.....some of those pics!
Am I the only one who thinks that some of these photos were taken moments before they died?
No. I think that, too
Nope
There was only 5 deaths out of the 3400 working
probably cause their lives were on the line so they were super careful
Contrary to most young peoples beliefs going to work doesn't actually kill you
1:04 ... simply an iconic picture bless those men .
Incredible! What's almost unbelievable is that according to official records, only 5 men died during its construction. And of those, only two from falls. Bear in mind that, at its peak, there were around 3000 men working simultaneously.
Could you put the source ? cos I heard 2 out of 5 fall to their deaths, or end up disabled in 1920 New York skyscrapers.
@@hmb8801 Sorry, don't recall exact site after all this time. It would have been available via a viable public Internet source.
crazy
Ok, they were crazy. Nah, buy seriously, I appreciate and truly respect these brave men for giving us such an iconic structure to be proud of and admire
They have got tremendous strong nerve!!!!
Those guys had some serious balls.
Serious stainless steel ballz built in
@Portlaoise50 Portlanoise I AM FUCKING DEAD
Big huge balls with a ballsack to pair
You wouldn't want big balls up there you'd be seriously unbalanced n bugger that 😂😂
@@eddiehaley1833 sounds like what someone with small balls would say
Those guys were the real american dream, gone forever
LongJohnSilver they were Canadian Indians. Now referred to as First Nations People.
Maybe some of them but not all
Don't be silly, thousands of Americans are employed as steel erectors, tower climbers and steeple jacks. Look up!
They're not Americans, the workers were Irish.
@@simple.stuffs So who are Americans?
BEAUTIFUL. EMPIRE STATE FAMOUS IN ALL WOULD. I LOVE NEW YORK.
FROM BRAZIL. HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
I bet this was extremely dangerous back in the 1930s but now people think it’s pretty hard to make but it’s actually probably pretty easy for modern day instructors.
Hoje em dia com tanta segurança, uniforme próprio e equipamentos para evitar acidentes e nessa época os trabalhadores se arriscando nas alturas...isso é mágico e muito corajosos trabalhar sob essas condiçoes adversas e mesmo assim construiram o predio mais famoso do mundo que é de admirar.
Apparently the construction was completed in 13 and a half months. Modern skyscrapers even if you’re 40-50 stories it takes 13 months long to just complete the concrete structure.
Doing this back then with Steel structure just shows what an impressive feat it actually is.
Add no safety equipment and 2 out of 5 were killed or disabled
Can't imagine also the weather conditions those guys put up with. Winds rain etc. Guess weather didn't brother them much. They were to tough they beat the weather. Can't imagine what all these men went through to build the Empire State Building. Bet be nice if we could hear some of their stories.Be so fascinating to just listen to them.
i work as a scaffolder now days you have to have a 100 % hook up as a scaffolder and if people are on the edges like that with out a harness and hook up it has to be fully hand railed by us if not its a firing offence for both on the spot these old men had balls
Just looking at these photos makes my head spin.
Never heard of a “safety harness and line” in those days.🤫
Simply amazing
No helmets either,, I'm calling OSHA !!!!! LOL..
Yeah. How these guys managed their phobia to height?. Without safety harnesses. Incredible!.
Imagine the fit OH&S would have today.
Just like in Germany and the climb on steel structures since 1879
That was with out a doubt the toughest generation in the history of America. Amazes me that so much of this type of stuff was build with out the automated equipment and basically zero safety equipment. Wow!! Much respect for my Father and Grandfather!
Heroes of the 20th century! Great Men!
Those men were more than workers they were artists. I love new York. The empire state observatory is such amazing.
Como laburavan sin seguridad. Es admirable el valor de éstos hombres 👏
Pretty amazing what these guys did to build this building!!! They've got nerves of steel no pun intended but damn I couldn't do that one wrong step and your dead!!! I tip my hat to these guys!!!
"Travis Krause" Yes. But also certain people are just meant to do certain jobs. I recall when I was a child, my parents hired a group of moving men to move furniture from their ( my parent's) apartment on a lower floor of an old building to an apartment that was some four floors up, NO elevator in the building. One of the moving men carried a heavy refrigerator on his back up the steps from the lower to the upper apartment. He was not some huge burly guy but a regular sized, even skinny guy. When my dad told him that he did an amazing job. The guy pointed to his shoulders and back and said "I am strong here and here," then he pointed to his head and said "I have nothing up here."
It seems that these men who work in construction , at least in the past, were cut out to do hard labor but they often were under educated and do such work because it is mainly all they can do.
@@obscurelyvague I get where your coming from but I was bull myself but also considered very smart according to the tell tale IQ test but heres the thing I was very strong even as a child so I've been told but I ate hard work up like it was candy loved it even!!! But it also was what I had to do because when me and siblings were youngsters our parents couldn't afford to put us through college!!! They acquired money later in life and we were to old and set in our ways to go to school!!!
@@traviskrause8509 Thanks for your perspective. Really it is informative and interesting. The thing too, is that a lot of men probably can do hard physical work while they are a certain age, but then when they get older (perhaps well before they even turn 40) they can develop back or other problems and can no longer do hard physical work as they used to. I have heard some guys say that they used to be strong when younger but then got injured.
@@obscurelyvague ya I suppose its different for many but alot of it too is they have no heart just there for a paycheck which is a petpeave of mine!!! And alot of people talk a big game and that's all it is to them! But it didn't matter what I was doing and for how much but they always got 110% out me a man with no heart is worthless in my opinion!!!
Total admiration for these guys.
Nerves of steel.
Health and safety now would cringe.
How realistic the music creates with the photos.. Its beyond Amazing ❤
These men lived much better life, drinking tea/coffee , listening to the 40s music from radio, seeing the spectacular view of New York while constructing.
Damn tough figures. Respect to them.
Cheers from Indonesia
When men where men. Enough said
I’m not even tied up at that time and under these conditions. They are men of great courage and without fear of heights. impressive !
I just hope they paid these guys well and gave them health insurance and pensions. I think every one of them who worked on this building should have their names engraved on a wall of skill, honor and bravery in the lobby.
Yeah mate I agree, built on the names who made it so iconic a building ,a lasting legacy to the families of them brave souls
Excellent idea.
@Jerry Parker These men had courage and were determined.
I stand by your comment.
Good idea but corporate don’t wanna this , this people is wonderful.
Depcom they were making 78 cents an hour , great money 💰
A lot of hard-drinking went on in the speakeasies (protected by Tammany police) after work every night and you can see why. The Mohawks would drive for 12 hours after clocking off on a Friday night, arriving home in Kahnawake, Quebec, in the early hours. Sunday afternoon they'd all drive back, another 12 hours, then straight onto the job, walking iron again hundreds of feet above the street by early Monday morning. These men were the unnamed legends of the era- no hard hats, no harnesses, no safety gear or tie-offs. Unsung heroes who deserved the real credit in the making of these iconic buildings. Breathtaking images.
What the fuck!! They have balls to do that!!
That's what iam saying they probably wernt paid shit to do it
Un grazie grandissimo a tutti i MAESTRI E MANOVALANZA ché hanno contribuito a tutto questo....!!!!!
Giusto. Però non dimentichiamo i morti. Venivano diciamo..... Assunti operai apache che per dono di natura non soffrivano di vertigini riuscendo a camminare su barre di 10 centimetri
These workers have guts beyond belief.
Gives me goose bumps just watching this god bless those men
I respect them!!!!!
so beautiful music. the music of the believers in the Future!
What brave men they were. I'm terrified looking at the Video.
Nada ma's con ver las fotos TIEMBLO !!..WOW !!
We lost the ladder, don’t worry guys I got this, rides on the crane hook
Just imagine dropping your tools/equipment and having to go back to the ground to pick them up and go back up again God bless each and everyone single one of these hard working gentlemen and their families always.🌹✊🕊️🙏🇬🇧💎😎
Es de gran admiración ver que en ese momento los verdaderos hombres tenían realmente unos nervios de acero para no temer trabajar en esas alturas sin las rigurosas normas de seguridad como en la actualidad. Gran valor de titanes.
¡ Acojonante ! Sólo de ver las imágenes me entra vértigo.
The pictures are so incredibly scary I always wondered are they real...hard to believe even now.
Very brave workers ! great ! Wonderful construction !
I just want to say that,for those men, RESPECT.-
these pictures are legendary an incrredible if we think about them nowadays... Just fascinating
Can not do heights feel my stomach doing flip flops just watching very brave men
Un gran reconocimiento a todos esos obreros....Que dejaron todo,por hacer grande y famoso este inmenso edificio y rascacielos.....Gracias a sus manos y arte
They only employed gymnasts on construction sites back in the day.
And circus acrobats
Canal projects had the highest total of construction worker deaths with 163,609 deaths in only four projects. Railway projects also had a large number with 107,200 spread across only two railroad projects. Tunnel and dam projects recorded a total of 772 and 733 construction worker deaths respectively. The construction of the empire state building recorded only 5 deaths even though 5 is still far to many it goes to show the skill, integrity and bravery of these men.
Ничтожные у вас цифры погибших. Ты бы знал сколько у нас погибло заключенных на всех великих стройках социализма...
Incrivíl para aquela época, fotos lindas
Incredible!!!!!! Such brave men!! No real safety things they wore. Just incredible!! Hat's off to every one of them!!!!!!!
All the guys sitting beside each other when eating is crazy, i would eat alone cause one guy can just push u and ur done, u never know the guy beside u can make a mistake and ur done.
Happens to me...I eat my lunch way up there and someone push me and ask me for salt....I am ok dont worry...I still falling 😎
"donny pick3" That is a good point
I'm getting vertigo just watching the video!!!
After your working day, I bet your first beer tasted amazing.
That's crazy. I'm afraid of heights now.
Wow!! My respect for those guys. They had balls of steel. :)
nerves mostly !
That is the true warrior and the real superman, the men with no fear
True. They hired Mohawk Indians to work on skyscrapers too.
Some of these photos like the ones where the men are eating lunch and pretending to sleep on the girder aren't from the Empire State Building but are from the making of the RCA Building in 1932. The RCA building at Rockefeller Center (30 Rock) was later renamed the GE Building and finally the Comcast Building.
When men where men
"Dan Hayes" These guys could not have been unionized.
I'm offended.. LOL
@@twincammikev lol for what?
Totally agree is a shame now this days how fast homosexual community is growing
This is amazing but we still have people that do this to this day.The ones who paint the bridges are insane
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Real men they dont make um like that anymore.
Bobby Addams, that's because nowadays the process of natural selection is gone.
@@MPeaches1958 Oh ya sure but there not doing it how they did it with no protection, its health and safty now things are different. So no
true
@The Wraith Im saying alot of the men today wouldent have a balls to do it sure they dident have a choice, sure they dident have food on the table but they still did it.
@The Wraith are you saying poeple today are as tough as poeple back then?
The greatest city and country of the world, god bless America!!! Merry Christmas!!!!
Wielki szacunek dla tych ludzi !
Kwintesencja odwagi !
Modern extreme people do this from time to time and are known throughout the world .. In the old days, builders were engaged in extreme sports for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and no one knew about them)
Ive always liked the photo of The Lunchbreak,I think its called?Ever since I first seen it.Amazing to me how they looked so comfortable like there on a park bench.
@John Smith Ive seen it,some classics you just cant copy it.photos movies songs etc.
@John Smith it's called lunch A top a skyscraper, it's as someone pointed out not the empire state but another building ,if you look closely you look down on the rca building
@@donalkinsella4380 Awesome read.Looks like a hardbar bottle too.LOL.
@@pauldean8638 It's 30 Rockefeller
Those guys have the coolest selfies / pictures ever taken. Some people risk even lose their lives for a picture like that to post in social media.
For those guy it just was another day at work.
Some building sites eg the “Golden Gate” Bridge had huge nets for safety. Yes they had a few fatalities but not so many as these sites. Building sites are inherently dangerous.There are a few cowboys still who think they will not be hurt. All you need is to slip . Building sites in Victoria, Australia require guards on roofs over the 1st floor, rail on steps etc, just common sense stuff.
What a brave people just looking at these picture make me frighten, thanks for sharing
Still can’t figure how these guys were able to climb up there with the immense weight of their balls
Brave mans hard to find these days!
My grandfather worked on the Empire State Building he was an ironworker and his personality went past just “nerves of steel” his whole personality was like steel. I guess that’s the best personality to have if your going to fight in both world wars.
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My god how could someone feel secure to sleep on those up high narrow beam what if you roll aside 😃
"Hythem Damouny" It probably happened. But also, what about the photographer who took these photos?
Truth! Very crazy.
Hard to believe that this amazing building was completed ahead of schedule and way under budget. Plus, only five workers were killed during the construction process. Two deaths took place in the basement!