No Safety Nets, No Harnesses: Building the World's Tallest Skyscraper

Woolworth Building, Construction Methods, New York In 1911, what would become the tallest building in the world was rising over lower Manhattan, and the men building it wore no harnesses and worked with no safety nets. Ironworkers walked bare steel hundreds of feet above Broadway, while beneath them sixty-nine caissons reached more than a hundred feet into the earth. The height of the building presented a wind-related challenge that no American engineer had solved previously. And all of it depended on a single calculation… This is the story of the Woolworth Building. In today's video, we look at: How the Woolworth was built… Keep watching to see Woolworth Building, Construction Methods, New York Also check out:    • Before One World Trade Center: The Insane ...   #woolworth #americanhistory #construction