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A worker pauses for a sandwich, resting on a girder during the construction of a skycraper. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1930
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07 Apr 2011 09:27:00
1930: The first load of passengers queuing for the Bennie Railplane in Glasgow; the inventor George Bennie is third in the queue. The streamlined cars are self propelled, driven by air screws in front and behind, and hang from a steel girder

The first load of passengers queuing for the Bennie Railplane in Glasgow; the inventor George Bennie is third in the queue. The streamlined cars are self propelled, driven by air screws in front and behind, and hang from a steel girder. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 4th July 1930
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28 Nov 2011 12:32:00


A workman takes a siesta on a girder during the building of Radio City, the city of New York spread out below. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1933
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02 Apr 2011 09:19:00
After finding the bricklaying business too full of ups and downs, this amazing young girl decided to take a shot at iron girdering for a change. She is Miss “Collie” Collier, a reporter for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. August 17, 1920. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

After finding the bricklaying business too full of ups and downs, this amazing young girl decided to take a shot at iron girdering for a change. She is Miss “Collie” Collier, a reporter for the Chicago Herald-Examiner. August 17, 1920. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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25 Apr 2021 07:43:00
A woman takes pictures with her mobile phone at a building, which is made by half of a replica of the Qinian Hall of the Temple of the Heaven (R) and half of a western building, at a studio for productions of films and television shows on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 3, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A woman takes pictures with her mobile phone at a building, which is made by half of a replica of the Qinian Hall of the Temple of the Heaven (R) and half of a western building, at a studio for productions of films and television shows on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 3, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
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05 Dec 2015 08:01:00
A workman sweeping the highest sidewalk in the world, the 81st story of the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building, to the top of which the greatest dirigible “Los Angeles” will attempt to moor, New York, New York, early 1930s. This photo was made 1,248 feet above street level. (Photo by Adam Glickman/Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

A workman sweeping the highest sidewalk in the world, the 81st story of the Empire State Building, the world's tallest building, to the top of which the greatest dirigible “Los Angeles” will attempt to moor, New York, New York, early 1930s. This photo was made 1,248 feet above street level. (Photo by Adam Glickman/Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
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06 May 2017 08:33:00
The moon rising above the Forth Rail Bridge in The Firth of Forth from North Queensferry, England on July 16, 2019. (Photo by South West News Service)

The moon rising above the Forth Rail Bridge in The Firth of Forth from North Queensferry, England on July 16, 2019. (Photo by South West News Service)
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14 Mar 2020 00:01:00
Jubilee Class steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas crosses the Forth Bridge on its way from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen on a day trip operated by The Railway Touring Company on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

Jubilee Class steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas crosses the Forth Bridge on its way from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen on a day trip operated by The Railway Touring Company on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
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03 Aug 2023 03:44:00