Though skyscrapers may be commonplace in any modern city, one question remains about the construction of our urban landscape that sometimes hits one hundred stories high: How did these guys not mess their pants? They, of course, have no fear of heights, but that doesn't make us any less queasy.
From sky-high workers taking a nap to the painters tasked with giving the Eiffel Tower a nice shellac, here are 21 photos of old-school iron workers without a trace of acrophobia.
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“Men painting the top of the Woolworth Building 1930’s.”
2
“A man repairs the antenna on the World Trade Center, NYC, 1979. Photo by Peter Kaplan.”
3
“My dad took this photo of his coworkers working on a skyscraper- Late 80s.”
4
“Carl Russell waving to his co-workers on the structural work of the 88th floor of the Empire State Building. Sep, 13. 1930.”
5
“Construction workers from 1928 in Missouri.”
6
“A construction worker carries a sack across a beam working on a 71-story skyscraper on 40 Wall Street, New York City, 1930.”
7
“Iron Worker, Chicago, 1968.”
8
“NYC iron workers, 1930s.”
9
“My grandfather working on the construction of the Verrazano Bridge (1960).”
10
“Workers finished the final touches at EPCOT - opened 1982.”
11
“Iron Worker on Manhattan Bridge, 1980s.”
12
“My iron worker cousin building Boston in the 70s.”
13
“An Iron Worker Enjoys a Cup of Joe While Building the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1973).”
14
“Iron workers moving a section of the World Trade Center antenna, 1979.”
