Steel Construction Workers

Historic black and white images depicting iron workers at a steel construction site in an urban setting, highlighting the architectural process and worker activity.

Vintage Photograph. Machinery being hoisted by derrick showing steel frame of the construction of the Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
Vintage Photograph. Machinery being hoisted by derrick showing steel frame of the construction of the Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
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Iron workers raise steel at 32nd floor of the Esso Building in New York City. 1954. (BSLOC_2014_13_225)
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Vintage Photograph. Steel building under construction.
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Vintage Photograph. Steel girders being hoisted through the air by derrick with workers below on left at construction site of Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
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Vintage Photograph. Machinery being hoisted by derrick showing steel frame of the construction of the Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
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Vintage Photograph. Looking up at workers on steel construction on new building on 47th Street, New York City, Frame 1
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Vintage Photograph. Crane operator at construction side of building at 3rd Avenue between 41st and 42nd Street, New York City, Frame 3
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Vintage Photograph. Looking up at workers on steel construction on new building on 47th Street, New York City, Frame 20
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Group of Men Examining Damage to Roof of U.S. Capitol Building after Fire, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, January 1930
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Vintage photograph. Crane carrying steel beams
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Black an white construction crane building city house background
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Anefo photo collection. Mine sweeper's lady "Hoogezand" yard "Gusto" Smulders Schiedam. March 22, 1955. Schiedam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Work at an altitude of 68 meters to the construction of the new headquarters of De Nederlandsche Bank on Frederiksplein. Construction worker at work. October 19, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Vintage Photograph. Loading of trailer truck with scrap iron at Columbus Circle.
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Vintage Photograph. Crane operator at construction side of building at 3rd Avenue between 41st and 42nd Street, New York City, Frame 1
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Vintage Photograph. Steel girders being hoisted by a derrick as steel workers stand by at site of construction of the Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
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Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0112. 1956
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Vintage Photograph. People watching big crane in operation at Columbus Circle
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1960s TWO MEN WEARING HARD HATS WORKING WITH I-BEAMS ON CONSTRUCTION SITE - i4897 HAR001 HARS OCCUPATION STRUCTURE SKILLS ADVENTURE BUILD PROTECTION STRENGTH EXTERIOR LOW ANGLE LABOR EMPLOYMENT OCCUPATIONS ERECT ERECTING EMPLOYEE YOUNG ADULT MAN BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY HAR001 LABORING OLD FASHIONED
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Vintage Photograph. Steel workers guiding steel girder to be placed in construction of the Socony Vacuum Building on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City
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Vintage Photograph. Steel beams under construction.
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Nierstratz, Heimachine. January 24, 1965
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Anefo photo collection. Work Koger-viaduct, seen from south side of the Zaan. Huge concrete driveway to Koger-viaduct. November 28, 1967
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Ore bridge under Construction
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Nierstratz, Heimachine. January 24, 1965
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SKY HIGH (EV001592_H)
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Vintage Photograph. Demolition of 3rd Avenue "L" derrick lifting steel girder, (Nov 1955) New York City
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The Hansa colliery in Dortmund from the colliery's coking plant with a view of the colliery grounds on 14.07.1975 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe
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Steam shovel with bucket of debris in air
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Construction worker on steel frame of building, Boston , Construction, Construction workers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Vintage Photograph. "Dig We Must" Slogan used by Con Edison in excavating street for electrical expansion and improvements.
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Vintage Photograph. Demolition of 3rd Avenue "L" derrick about to lift up steel girder, (November 1955) New York City
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Anefo photo collection. Roantje of the Tower of the Rijksmusuem is repaired workers make Roantje van de Tower of the Rijksmuseum. May 23, 1961
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USA, New York State, New York City, Manhattan, Steel worker walking on steel beam, Singer Tower in background
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Anefo photo collection. Roantje of the Tower of the Rijksmusuem is repaired workers make Roantje van de Tower of the Rijksmuseum. May 23, 1961
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Pan sequence from Pier 4 south west north , Piers & wharves, Warehouses, Trucks. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Pan sequence from Pier 4 south west north , Piers & wharves, Warehouses, Trucks. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Lewis Hine (photographer). Construction workers eat on a steel girder 800 feet above ground, at the building site of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Centre, New York 1932
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Spring Cleaning -- Painters using an electrically operated scaffold, called "spider staging," work on a cable high above the Manhattan side of the George Washington Bridge as part of a force of 50 carefully picked workmen who yesterday started a two-year painting job. The project will cost $150,000, including $35,000 for 11,000 gallons of paint. In background are apartment buildings along Riverside Drive, and below the workmen are the West Side Highway and the New York Central Railroad tracks. May 08, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Welding construction of building
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Painters on the Brooklyn Bridge Suspender Cables, October 7, 1914. Photo by Eugene de Salignac (BSLOC_2016_10_183)
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Person standing on roof under construction, Cambridge, Massachusetts , Construction, Construction workers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Vintage Photograph. Steel workers with George Washington Bridge in background.
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Construction workers on the 39th storey of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The United Nations is in a complex designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1951
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USA, New York State, New York City, Manhattan, Steel worker walking on steel beam
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Reconstruction work at Wells Street Bridge over the Chicago River, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City. P165 , Building a Skyscraper , Putting Steel Beams in Place, Metropolitan Tower, N. Y. City. 1870 - 1925. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Office buildings , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Queensboro Bridge (New York, N.Y.), Building construction, Girders, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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Old pipes, North End, Boston , Pipes Conduits, Construction. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Engineer on cell phone pointing up towards a crane.
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A 5-ton truck is offloaded at the rail yard in preparation for transportation by ship to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Vintage Photograph. Male workers spreading asphalt on resurfacing of Third Avenue, New York City, Frame 3
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1940s MONTAGE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY SURROUNDED BY IMAGES OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY OIL DERRICK FACTORIES STEEL MILL REFINERY
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Mao Tse-tung statue restoration in Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Building workers wave to the city below them Date: 1930
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Workman sitting astride a steel girder during the building of a skyscraper in New York, America in the 1930's. From The Wonder Book of Science, published 1930's.
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Men converting gas lamp, Roxbury , Street lights, Maintenance & repair. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Pan sequence from Pier 4 south west north , Piers & wharves, Warehouses, Trucks. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt