Workmen making up sections of the vaulted roof. When the steel skeleton is completed, it is swung into position on the foundation by a gigantic crane. Each section is about 12 feet wide and 112 feet across. When in position, concrete is poured forming a solid roof
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- Date
- 1938
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"Workmen making up sections of the vaulted roof. When the steel skeleton is completed, it is swung into position on the foundation by a gigantic crane. Each section is about 12 feet wide and 112 feet across. When in position, concrete is poured forming a solid roof" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Workmen_making_up_sections_of_the_vaulted_roof._When_the_steel_skeleton_is_completed,_it_is_swung_into_position_on_the_foundation_by_a_gigantic_crane._Each_section_is_about_12_feet_wide_and_LCCN2016874347.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 301536.
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