*Please try to be original and avoid comments like "When men were men", "No fat, obese person in sight", "OSHA will get a shock", "No women on the construction site" and race related comments. Without exaggeration, such comments have now been made thousands of times under this video* . Kindly focus on the contents of this video and make an attempt to go back in time in your mind to better understand what New York really was like in the 1930s. Thanks!!

@dersturmerofjewery6038

Жыл бұрын

Back when yhe white man could be a white man

@keppela1

Жыл бұрын

Amen.

@lazychemistry

Жыл бұрын

Put up a sign outside a building saying "No Pissing" and you will get people queuing up to do it 🤪🥃

@huntermossakajunkerman9646

Жыл бұрын

When asbestos was practically food.

@evilutin4439

Жыл бұрын

How many people worked on it? How many deadly incident happened? How many time it take? Wonderfull video nand very good job, but some coments are missing...

Built in a year, during a depression. Designed without computers. We can't even fill a pothole in a year today. Hats off to these guys. Edit - Why the hell is there a flat earth argument going on in the comments? Grow up and read a book.

@nahshonimmanuel1704

Жыл бұрын

Looool right!!

@howieduin915

Жыл бұрын

Ya. But we know how to fake a moon landing.

@debrapaulino918

Жыл бұрын

Pause and think on this: 1830 - 1930. 100 years. 1730 - 1830. Lewis & Clark 1830-33 went up the Missouri to Pacific. 1830 in Europe marked end of feudalism. Tenant land workers had to pay title or quit land. Suddenly impoverished they went to city factories. Population bourgeoning and city poverty sent them to America.

@DJTasawennatekensMusicWorld

Жыл бұрын

Except for back in the early 1900s they did have computers not like we do today but they had computers that would calculate numbers and things

@robertcarli1969

Жыл бұрын

@@howieduin915 be serious bro.

For me, the fact that they began and finished this in 13 months, is the most mind blowing aspect of the entire thing.

@jonyoder2356

5 ай бұрын

they can't even repave a small section of highway in months let alone this! So much more red tape and bureaucrat yap yap now days.

@davidjohnrivingtonmcdonough

Ай бұрын

I would like to see proof of this lmpossible time line!

@b.pack3

17 күн бұрын

@@jonyoder2356 it’s greed

My grandfather was a foreman for us steel. He was part of the crew that laid down the foundation. His name was Michael Bortugno

My grandfather was a steel worker on the construction of this great American building. We often would go to the rainbow room and relive his time working on the building. He was very proud of the hard work and teamwork of this great accomplishment.

@georgefaulk2528

11 ай бұрын

BS

Those whom built that building were fearless - no hard hats, no safety harnesses, just crazy. And they built one of the most iconic structures in the world that stands strong to this day.

@MrSloika

2 жыл бұрын

in 1945 it was hit by a B-25 bomber lost in fog. The ESB didn't even wince.

@MrSloika

2 жыл бұрын

@@Only-one-life-68 I'm an eye-witness to the 911 attacks on the WTC. If you are one of those 911 'truther' lunatics, please just go away.

@joestewart8914

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSloika Now I think we can all agree on that.

@borntoclimb7116

2 жыл бұрын

@@Only-one-life-68 its a giantic different between a B 25 and a big modern passanger plane

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

@@Only-one-life-68 that 911 thing i m still makeing my mind up over it.

Not only was the pace remarkable, but simply project managing this scale of a build without computers is wild. Analogue logistics at its finest.

@centralbears3010

Жыл бұрын

Analogue means reliability

@bigdaddyjim9135

Жыл бұрын

Lmao….they didn’t build it

@bubediscuss

Жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddyjim9135 Silly me, I forgot it came in a box from the aliens along with the pyramids 😉

@HereThereEverywhereMatt

10 ай бұрын

@@bigdaddyjim9135dumbass

I can’t believe only 5 people died building this masterpiece? Everyone working was completely locked into their job, as if there life depended on it and it did! Most of these men were bringing the only income into the home, for food and clothing. This was the beginning of the Great Depression, nobody had a job. These men must’ve felt truly blessed and thankful.

Those men, largely forgotten by history, are some of the most amazing humans ever to have walked this planet. Simply awesome.

@williamgallucci9913

Ай бұрын

Agreed the video is amazing

@graciemaemarie11jones16

29 күн бұрын

these men were kings

What I find the most fascinating about this old film and also the ones filmed in city streets, are that you are looking at people that have been dead for 60 or 70 years. But now there they are alive once more in their youth in some cases, going about their lives, whether it be working, or just walking about their city streets. You get a glimpse at those who lived before us.

I got into the Iron Workers in 1977 and served a 3 year apprenticeship. I worked on bridges, power plants miscellaneous structural buildings and a few tower's When i started you were expected to ride the iron when connecting. Also it was common practice to ride the ball to get on and off the iron. It was very hard work but paid very well. I was very lucky to never get seriously injured in 32 years as a Union Iron worker! As time went on more and more safety measures were implemented. Now if you got caught with out being 100% tied off or riding the iron it would be automatic termination of your job! My hat is off to these old time Iron Workers who did there jobs in very tough & dangerous conditions!

@americanspirit8932

Жыл бұрын

Construction workers in general earn that money especially the Ironworkers. Very dangerous job, even when you're tied off with safety measures.

@Jorma_K

Жыл бұрын

We would call riding the ball Live bait on the hook

This was nearly 100 years ago. I marvel at the ingenuity these ppl had even back then. The careful considerations and math needed are astounding. We look back at this era and think antiquated and primitive compared to today's technology. But as far as structural engineering, the craftmanship and workmanship is superb and stands the test of time.

A different type of Man back in those days. Respect.

@williamgallucci9913

24 күн бұрын

Incredible incredible what these men accomplished from beginning to end wow

@jenniferlloyd9574

21 күн бұрын

And their women were proud of them; not in competition.

@Williamgallucci-sm1cs

21 күн бұрын

That I'm sure they were

I am proud to be a 4th generation Dockbuilder / Timberman journeyman with local union 1556 NYC , my family has been a part of every single major project in NYC since late 1800s until today. From the Chrysler building to twin towers then world trade and any bridge or tunnel. Both my son and my nephew will be apprenticing very soon making it 5 gens. These men are the backbone of this country , we risk out lives everyday so the people of NYC and anyone else the ability to travel safely and fast , love or work and the best built skyscrapers in the world. Technology is great , but it's useless without the people who can use it. God bless them all.

@davidmcgennity3182

Жыл бұрын

A proud heritage ,well done.

@whtpwr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but do you live in NYC?

What strikes me is how skilled these men were. They knew their trade. We should never underestimate labour. Thanks for bringing this to us.

@ericcommarato7727

2 жыл бұрын

It’s really mind boggling this was done in the 1930’s. I’ve been a registered architect almost 35 years and I don’t think we have the where with all to do this today...

@hiworldstephensonultranate290

2 жыл бұрын

aedeen irish names Yes too much i. t. /d mind etc today Not practical as was but Hope brian Ireland Happy Christmas

@michaeljohn9263

2 жыл бұрын

What's sad is that in this day young "men" don't even know if they are a man, a woman, a broomstick, they just don't know. However what they DO know is that anyone that works and makes a decent wage is BAD and they should be taxed 85% of their earnings because the people that choose to not work need money too! All young men should be forced to take a class in school that lasts the entire year doing only manual labor and trades as it might shape them into what a man actually is and teaches them very valuable information that is becoming a lost talent.

@corners3755

2 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is skyscrapers were a new thing

@corners3755

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljohn9263 why just men? I personally think a couple years of military or community service for young adults would be huge. If they are going to give away free college they should add this stipulation.

I didn’t realize they built this in only a year?!? And in 1930 no less. I’m gobsmacked. No matter how big the army of men was that built it, that’s astounding. So much iron to lift and rivet together in the course of only a year, nevermind 4-5 months or cold New York winter to deal with. Wow, just wow.

@user-eb5cb6ud1p

Ай бұрын

The planning and logistics that went into the ESB were *amazing.* Pretty much everything was pre-tested to make sure it would fit properly on installation, and deliveries etc. were scheduled to keep waiting times down to near zero. Today it takes forever just to assemble a kids' sandbox! P.S. "never mind" is two words. "Nevermind" was that Kurt Cobain album ... 😁

@williamgallucci9913

Ай бұрын

Yes sir Amazon indeed

@user-eb5cb6ud1p

Ай бұрын

@@williamgallucci9913 👍👍👍

The fact that this only took 1 year to build is mind blowing

As a structural engineer I can only express my deepest respect to all the men involved in this epic project.

@alextomlinson1725

2 жыл бұрын

As a structural engineer myself I can only echo your sentiments. An amazing achievement. I would love to see the calculations..

@lwoods7283

2 жыл бұрын

Well,i am an ironworker! Raising gang entire career!

@chriss8970

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is a cool video. What a beautiful building. Built when men were men! Hahahahaha what’s funny is about halfway through I started thinking how fearless they were with no safety ropes or anything, and I thought wonder if any of them are even wearing harhats, so I started looking. Hell no!!! Hahahahaha almost every guy is wearing a hat of some kind! You got your fedoras and little hockey caps and shit, but not a damn hardhat in site nowhere!! Hahahahaha I love it! I hate wearing those things!! Ever seen the famous picture where a bunch of em are sitting on a beam eating lunch? Crazy bastards!! Hahahahaha

@geoffmorgan6059

2 жыл бұрын

@@alextomlinson1725 You can safely (!) bet there is a lot of redundancy incorporated.

@alextomlinson1725

2 жыл бұрын

@@lwoods7283 hats off to you sir - total respect.

Still standing nearly 92 years later. What a testimony to the engineering and skill that went into the design and construction.

@makadoz

Жыл бұрын

92 years is nothing

@samrichards8251

Жыл бұрын

@@makadoz exactly such a short time. If large structures can’t last for at-least 400 years it’s not strong enough.

@Gritto1445

Жыл бұрын

Yeah nearly as long as the Acropolis.

@greglinski2208

Жыл бұрын

My grandma is still standing after 92 years

@gregthompson4719

Жыл бұрын

It was built to last for centuries. This is a direct quote from an engineering analysis of its construction: Skyscrapers constructed after the 1930s were made of concrete reinforced with steel, as opposed to just steel, which gave them the tensile strength of steel and the compressive strength of rock. They can resist both stretching and squeezing forces. The earliest steel skyscrapers, like the Empire State Building, which date from the 1930s are least likely to remain standing in 7,000 years because they are constructed almost exclusively of steel, meaning they have exceptional tensile strength but are quite rigid and inflexible.

The most amazing thing about the construction of the ESB is how fast they erected it. The ESB only took a year to build, and this was during the beginning of the great depression too. Many investors lost money but plans to halt construction were rejected. What an astonishing feat!!

When it comes to delivering the steel for that building, remember one thing.... There was no massive open field across the street that they could lay all of the steel so they could work from. All of the deliveries had to be choreographed with the Bethlehem Steel plant so each beam had to be delivered on the day and time needed. Barry G. Kery, Retired Bethlehem Steel worker.

@peterharris38

Ай бұрын

Didn't they deliver 1 beam every minute of the day ???

@daler.steffy1047

Ай бұрын

I love your word "choreographed," which captures beautifully so much of what was involved in the building of this incredible structure.

Respect From a retired Engineer these guys are the real deal. No hard hats .no high viz jackets .. just a Trilby. coveralls and hard graft

@johngordon1576

2 жыл бұрын

Five of them died,...RIP

@annehat4833

2 жыл бұрын

Built in 13 months....rubbish !....all i see is doctored footage....look closer

@ron101346

2 жыл бұрын

Please, no conspiracy nonsense. The construction timeline of ESB has been documented in multiple contemporary references, not just here.

When you consider the details of the interior of the building and just the sheer magnitude of the project, it's amazing that it was completed in that amount of time and without computers. 🤤

@Anisky123

2 жыл бұрын

Computers killed architecture and design.

@Anisky123

2 жыл бұрын

Architects now design things that are not thought of in the real world only computer models. I know I did a lot of custom work and it’s nuts how they are clueless about materials and how they behave.

@wardaddy6595

2 жыл бұрын

A lot less Gov regulations and non-union labor force made that possible! Those iron workers had balls of steel, they built the modern world, todays snow flakes would shit themselves doing that kind of work!

Shout out to the guy who went back in time to record this for us.

@davemilligan1171

3 ай бұрын

LMFAO !!

Imagine foreigners visiting NY and seeing this masterpiece in 1920’s such as from Japan , Europe,Middle East there was nothing close except Pyramids back then . This was one of the biggest flex of USA , such a masterpiece

I just love watching videos from the early days. Just watching makes me think of living in their days. Suits, dresses and hats. Those people walking. Who are they. What was it like. I imagine being back in time for a moment. To grasp their era.

In seven years of watching KZread videos, this is one of my top videos to see. The perfection/restoration of the old footage, the brave workers and the original, rare camera shots are amazing.

@Rick88888888

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jesusislord6545

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ! “he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23:3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Drrrr

@bigdaddyjim9135

Жыл бұрын

You’ve been duped….. our humanity didn’t build that structure…..another way more advanced civilization did

These men had balls of steel

All these people have passed away but their legacy still lives. Thank you all.

@Casteeyo...

5 ай бұрын

Yes.. thank you all 🙏

@anonymous-vy8lz

5 ай бұрын

Sad thing no one will remember them

@rogerdodrill4733

Ай бұрын

​@@anonymous-vy8lztheir kids do

My grandfather worked on this job and he was 19 years old. His oldest brother was also an electrician on the later stages

@fokkerd3red618

2 жыл бұрын

I'll bet he had some stories to tell.

Both my Grandparents,Dad along with his brothers were all ironworkers in NYC.My Grandfather worked on Rockefeller Center around the same time the Empire State Building was going up.He can be seen sitting on the beam alongside other ironworkers during lunch.Its the famous image seen today by millions.Back then they would’ve never thought how popular that picture would become.

@bruceb3786

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen that exact photo AND Video !! CRAZY people..... but nothing to them... everyday work !! Makes my palms and feet sweat just to watch it !!! The Native American Indians had a large group of Ironworkers doing this also !

@oldsaerotech1167

2 жыл бұрын

$3.94/hr. was the going wage for those High Walkers!

@valentinooliveri3012

2 жыл бұрын

God bless your grandfather and all those brave and wonderful men who built this great country! 🙏🇺🇸🌹

@slippy11ful

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldsaerotech1167 4 dollars a day not an hour. Thats what guys were making in the 60s. They were not making that in the 1930s

@oldsaerotech1167

2 жыл бұрын

@@slippy11ful The overall average for the construction workers building the Empire State Building was $15/day. The "airtreaders" or "skyboys" made $3.94/hr. They averaged 4.5 stories per week. The Empire State Building was constructed in 13 months.

It is amazing to see the level of architectural achievement here. No computers in use, just dedicated architects and engineers at their draft boards designing the structural steel and calculating the load and stress that these pieces would bear. Thousands of pieces of structural steel were fabricated off site and fit like a glove on site. Add to that the masonry, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, architectural finishes, elevators, doors and hardware, etc. Quite an achievement in a short amount of time. A testament to man's abilities and determination.

Gotta love some guys in full suites and ties right there with the crews in fact, in many shots the crews appear well dressed. Incredible engineering and project management, supported by skill and bravery is a damn powerful human capability.

@xzox

Ай бұрын

These would have been the 'Foremen' or 'Chargehands'. In GB they would always wear a bowler hat.

@scottsnothome5649

Ай бұрын

Is it still retained today?

The men of this generation. Wow! Real. American. Men. They built this country for us to enjoy for generations. The stones on these men must have been the size of church-bells. Just amazing, what they accomplished, and with the equipment of nearly 100 years ago. Almost unbelievable by today's standards.

@panismith1544

Жыл бұрын

Yes, very true..an amazing feat.💪

@borntoclimb7116

Жыл бұрын

Dont forget the many million people who work hard today for feeding their familys around the World.

@jimmyz2098

Жыл бұрын

@@borntoclimb7116 Not forgetting them, either. I am one of them. Lots of good People today. And lots of very hard-working, conscientious, high-character People everywhere. I'm just saying. Things are very different, and the men of that generation were built differently than us.

@borntoclimb7116

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyz2098 thats right

@harpalchauhan428

Жыл бұрын

And the machinery back then wow

The complexity of those base columns is fascinating. All those loading and bending calculations done by hand. Its just incredible.

@bigdaddyjim9135

Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t done by these men….another civilization built it

I have always loved the proud way some construction workers will point to a structure and say, "I worked on that." A working class claim to fame and near immortality. Imagine being able to say, "My great grandfather worked on the Empire State Building." Awesome respect! 🗽🌆🗽

Men of iron with nerves of steel, and 11 years later they go off to fight in WWII.

I was an NYPD patrol supervisor in the eighties in the Midtown South Precinct, in this area and visited this building in the early twenty-first century with my family. I appreciate this, "wonder of the world" now that I am since long-retired. Thank you for your invaluable presentation for us all to watch 'til the end of time. AWESOME!

These men, these BRAVE AND FEARLESS MEN, who helped build our lives, our cities, our skyscrapers, our way of life did it back before safety was implemented, or even cared about. These men stood on rafters 50-100+ stories in the air with nothing but wind at their backs. These men are heroes in regards to their contributions to our cities. They are men with balls of steel, and did their JOBS without any issues. They WORKED THEIR A$$ES OFF!

@tomassoyweyvon4902

Жыл бұрын

My Dad would come home from WORK and blow the Black soot out in the wash basin, lather up, rinse,get a baseball MIT and yell at my brother and I for a game of catch, did't skip a beat, mother had beans on the stove and yelled for Dinner and we made it......WTF is wrong with that,? today it's thumbs on the Phone and Losers trying to make a point by shooting up Schools, no Family , Abortions, and Question your Genitals......Ha!

@doctorbuggy

Жыл бұрын

There's still people like that left in the world, far and few but some are still around

@fasteddie4107

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Native Navajos were employed on many high rises due to their inherent lack of fear regarding heights. Great video of American achievement.

@americanspirit8932

Жыл бұрын

Too many men today, cannot even put a nail in the wall. They work in front of a computer all day. That muscles accuracy, the waistline gets larger and larger as time goes on. Men today, or bit too soft

@americanspirit8932

Жыл бұрын

@@fasteddie4107 you won't correct many American Indians were, considered to the be the best ironworkers in the country

Done the job in Montréal and London between 1980and 1995 on most of the towers in winter by minus 40 degrees and 90 m|hrs winds in a swing stage at 25 floor ,I’ve got nothing but respect for those man 😎👍

Rivets are amazing fasteners. One beauty of them is that the holes don’t have to line up perfectly like they would have to for threaded fasteners. If the holes are slightly offset due to production errors, it doesn’t matter; that white-hot rivet can easily conform to odd shapes, and once hammered and cooled, it’s there for life. Edit: riveting is often better than welding because every time you place a weld you create a “heat affected zone” (HAZ), that creates a weakness around the perimeter of the weld. Under adverse conditions such as weight overload or unusually sustained vibration, the weld itself may never fail but the area around the weld can crack, and catastrophic consequences could follow. This doesn’t happen with rivets. Although extremely hot when installed, they don’t actually bond to the installation like a weld does; the parent metal acts as a heat-sink and simply cools the rivet. (the fourth law of thermodynamics.) There is no HAZ. This is why even today, rivets are still used on truck frames, for example.

@edgarfrank5712

7 ай бұрын

Very interesting, T you. 😊

@LouisAloi

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to explain why riveting is so much better in steel framing methods.👍

@caryd67

6 ай бұрын

@@LouisAloi my pleasure. 🫶🏻

@deancrawford6767

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for that info, although retired post office worker,always liked wood and steel. I came back to this for ur comment on rivet vs welds and I thank you...

Engineered using pencils and paper. A stunning and magnificent accomplishment in record time. (In this day and age planners would have three meetings in the time it took to build the Empire State Building.)

When we were at our best. Not perfect. But our industry was awesome,and our work ethic was absolutely incredible.

@deependz3231

Жыл бұрын

You'd be surprise how a Great Depression instills a great work ethic in starving people.🤣😂

I couldn’t get higher than 3 levels without passing out from the heights. Crazy watching those guys running around like it’s nothing!

Day 1. 3/17/1930 Completed 1year 45days. At one point 14 storys Completed in 10 days!! Absolute precision organization...astounding

The backing music is very good and so appropriate.

As a child I was always infatuated with this time period in America. Mainly New York. Living upstate they always pushed the city. I just wish I was alive in that era. Yeah America ha fits share of troubles, just like every other country out there, but these people prevailed and built the hell out of America to make it the greatest nation in the world! Made it so great that the generations in years to come would have it so good they wouldn’t have to lift a finger to do anything and hate the country that gives them the opportunity to sit at home all day. These men deserve a medal how they built that city. Literally blood and sweat! Those men didn’t cry.

@valentinooliveri3012

2 жыл бұрын

Those were REAL men when America was REAL..🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏

@havennewbowtow8835

2 жыл бұрын

Hard times creates strong men, strong men creates easy times, easy times creates weak men, weak men create hard times. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

No fancy technology just grit,courage and steel.

@voronazavr

8 ай бұрын

Not a cellphone in sight, people just living in the moment

@Ohyoubuiltthis

7 ай бұрын

Sure. 😂

INCREDIBLE !!! HONOR for all mens who build this marvellous and incredible tower at this period !!! fantastic (from France) !!!

ESB is probably one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Extremely advanced not only for it's time, but currently as well. This was build in a analog world. No computers, CAD, ability to quickly change a blueprint or run another stress simulation. This is why it's better. The original design needed to be perfect and all issues were worked out and fixed on site with common knowledge from people who knew their craft. It's overbuilt in a time of craftsmen and did not run over budget and well ahead of schedule. Not known of today's bloated construction and incompetence.

@robertcuminale1212

2 жыл бұрын

I've worked in the Empire State Building many years ago when I was an installer for New York Telephone. Getting into places where there isn't plaster and offices you get to see the super structure of beams. Later in the 1970's I worked at the World Trade Center site during the last phases of construction. We'd hang out on the upper floors where the glass wasn't installed yet. I compared the construction from the ESB and could see how different they were. The ESB had columns everywhere. That was typical for the time. I'd worked in the Woolworth Building, New York Life and Metropolitan Life buildings and they were the same. Planning space was difficult because of them, Odd shaped offices and columns in a corner were the norm. But not the WTC. The floors were wide open without columns. Everything, the stairs, elevators, rest rooms, electrical equipment were all in the central core. The telephone equipment was in the corners. There were nearly 800 rooms in the two towers. The telephone central office was on the 10th floor of one of the towers. There were 400 pairs of wires available on each floor with cabling running from corner to corner. There was only one source for telephone equipment in those days so everything was common to all customers. Today the customers own their own equipment so it has to be on their premises. As I watched the towers come down before we knew how many had died I thought about the millions of man hours used to create the whole complex. All destroyed in just a couple of hours. The loss of life could have been greater. It was too early when the planes struck. Commuters were still on the subway coming in from the boroughs, New Jersey and Connecticut. Before the recession caused by OPEC we had almost 100,000 people in the buildings. I don't think a huge loss of lives was the terrorists' objective. It was the buildings themselves and what they represented, American strength and power. Like the Japanese in 1941 they'd awakened a giant and felt its resolve to avenge this insult. They had accomplished something no enemy had ever done. An attack on American soil and it was their undoing.

@Mike_Hughes

2 жыл бұрын

Very good points, Mike in stereo. My very favourite construction is still the Eiffel Tower ! As I recall, the brief was that it had to last for 12 months... The designers/workers decided it would be best to aim for at least a couple of years... The rest is history ! Imagine now, with CAD, blah blah, Microsoft bullshit and virtual fu*king whatever, - If the brief was 12 months, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN 13... Max. Please bring back a world where Experience and Common Sense is king, and Esential Safety Equipment is a Flat Cap and some Flip-Flops.

@AndreaBorto

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcuminale1212 I must say the West is losing appeal and political power since then. We indulged too much in the last half century on our comfort lives and other civilization, simple implementing our discoveries, are quite more resolute to conquer or challenge us. We westerners are of good heart. What we did in Vietnam or ww2 were nothing compared to the brutality of some chiefs and their supporters in other places. The 9/11 is still searching for a revenge.

@onedayatime8130

2 жыл бұрын

If you build skyscrapers like I do in New York City you would know that these buildings are still built the same way… my grandfather helped build this project and now I am retiring and my son is getting ready to be the next generation of building skyscrapers.. I helped build the freedom tower and it’s not bloated construction or any incompetence ..when they built this building they lost one man per floor on an average we didn’t lose anybody building the freedom tower… thanks to job safety and certifications these jobs are much safer..

@usmustdie4peace405

2 жыл бұрын

@StereoMike06 Compared to the Expobuildings, Not so beautyful! Just tall

When you see the level of engineering and craftsmanship that went into making just the beams, you begin to understand that that’s exactly how it’s still standing all these years later. Back when this country was truly great! 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🍺🙏🤟🤙

The amount of rivets on this structure, hundred of thousands,they did all the engineered calculations with pencil and slide rule, no calculators or computers and finished the building in a little over one year, so impressive !!

My Grandfather worked on the Empire State Building. He was a plasterer. He finished up the insides after the builders got done. He worked on many buildings in NYC during those times.

@donnaleighjenkins4952

17 күн бұрын

That is wonderful!

@johnbrady1211

17 күн бұрын

@@donnaleighjenkins4952 Well, thank you, Donna. My very best wishes, John...

@Williamgallucci-sm1cs

11 күн бұрын

No doubt how proud you must feel

@johnbrady1211

11 күн бұрын

@@Williamgallucci-sm1cs Yea, he did good for his family. A perfect example of a legal immigrant adapting to and becoming a proud American.

@AlyssaIrvine

6 күн бұрын

Cool 😎

The previous owner of the house I grew up in was a stone cutter who helped with the construction of the ESB. I was told that each day, he would bring home a scrap or two of stone from the site. He built our garage out of these scraps. It is an intricate two car garage, completely made of limestone, no two blocks the same, and no other garage is like it anywhere in town. Four windows and a side door. I ran into an older gent from my town not too long ago, who owned a bar and was in the know. He asked me if I knew the story of my garage and verified what I already knew. It has held up over these many years, but we have had to point it up here and there. Thank you for showing this wonderful footage.

@relinquishedforever8505

2 жыл бұрын

You should take a video of it with your smart phone and put it on the internet that be cool

@tastyorange

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see it. Is the house in Queens? Brooklyn?

Literally blows my mind!!!! The brain power needed to imagine this and then bring it to fruition… and it’s still standing today.. plus the bravery … so awesome 👏🏼

@dntlss

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't even know where to start,lol

@DaleSteel

2 жыл бұрын

It's not as difficult as it looks

@zabamaz103

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaleSteel please, have you been in New York? This was 1930 no heavy lift machines, no heavy trucks, tools are not even close to today’s tools, no fast transportation for the builders workers to get to the job site on time, no other building like it to use as reference, and all this in Manhattan, surrounded by buildings making no extra space to store construction materials.

@DaleSteel

2 жыл бұрын

@@zabamaz103 are you mad. There's a crain and yes I've been to nyc

@stevenfetzer4911

2 жыл бұрын

If it literally blows your mind you would be dead....

I think as a crane operator today the equipment they had then was relatively simple but the craftsmanship to even make the parts for the equipment of this era is astounding. True craftsmen. I'll have to watch videos like this when I think I'm in an "older" rig.

Aside from the genius and careful execution of the construction processes involved, the fact that it was all filmed meticulously is fascinating to me. We are so lucky to have these films from this era. Films like these cause me to be curious about how our cities were designed and built.. starting from the incredible foresight the planners had for fundamental incorporation of sewage, water and electrical lines underneath it all, resulting in fully functional environments on which to build these fantastic structures.

From the UK here. This iconic structure is what got me fascinated by skyscrapers and New York. I was a kid many years ago and saw a picture in a book of the Empire State Building at night from above. The description mentioned it was the tallest building in the world. I was fascinated. A lifetime ambition to visit the ESB was made 11 years ago when I went to the very top and also got some brilliant photos from the Rockefeller Center perspective. Still the most iconic building for me.

In my early twenties (about 50 years ago) I was, genuinely, employed as a steel erector ('spiderman' is UK nickname). I honestly lasted about 6 weeks as once the building got above ground level and I had to walk along the narrow steel beams, I almost shat myself, and out of consideration for those below me, I left the industry. Hats off to these brave heroes.

@skillz7425

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaaha

This is incredible to watch. So out of the 3400 total workers only 5 fatalities which is remarkable for 1929. Here in Texas we average near 100 construction fatalities every year

Thing still stands today, stood not only the test of time, but several king kongs climbing it to the top... damn strong building.

@Rick88888888

11 ай бұрын

Oh please, why make a reference to a fictional beast like King Kong...

@anthonycrnkovich5241

11 ай бұрын

​​@@Rick88888888 Why not? The original film came out just 2 years after the building was completed and is forever linked with its legacy. The classic film served as welcome PR for the building; visitation increased considerably after KING KONG was released in March, 1933. The 85th floor is dedicated to Kong, and when Fay Wray died the building's lights went dark for 15 minutes in her honor.

@canwetalk1790

11 ай бұрын

Don't forget the military B-25 bomber that crashed into the 79th floor in 1945

@garyr7027

11 ай бұрын

@@Rick88888888 because the building is synonymous with king Kong. Its legacy is that it's a strong building even when Kong climbs it. Fictional or not, the building will forever be known with Kong. No different than Japan being known for Godzilla... fiction with a purpose.

@williamgallucci9913

10 ай бұрын

Lollol

Every drilled hole matched INCREDIBLE

@dennisyoung4631

2 жыл бұрын

Usually, when things are put together with rivets, the initial holes are slightly undersized, then are drilled or reamed to size during fit up , e.g. with what’s called a bridge reamer (for larger hot-rivets, like those in the vid.) The hole is normally a trifle larger than the shank of the rivet, e.g. for a 1/8 inch aircraft rivet, the nominal drill size is a #30, or decimal 0.128. The rivet, when “bucked” will swell slightly to fill the hole. This is more the case with hot-rivets than the ones used in aircraft.

I’m 73 years old, living in the U.K. My father was a steel erector all of his life. He worked on the major construction of bridges, tall buildings and cooling towers. He used to say that walking on those girders was just like walking on a pavement. Those men had no fear. And yet, he was afraid of flying, and would never sit next to the window on a plane. It amused me how my father mostly went to work in an old suite, and a flat cap. They didn’t wear hard hats in his day. He did, however, fall forty feet while working on a power station in the 1960’s. The ladder snapped and he fell hitting a girder on his way down. He landed in the basement, had multiple leg fractures, and he had back problems from that say on. Health and safety didn’t exist in those days.

The communication between the crane operators and their spotters !!!! No wireless internet yet...👏👍👌

"Given the high risk and lack of safety equipment (no harnesses or hard hats anywhere), it’s surprising that “just” five workers died during the construction of the building. The 3,400-strong task force - often referred to back then as “the sky boys” - was made up of mainly Italian and Irish immigrant laborers who did everything from laying bricks and installing elevators, to setting up heating and ventilation, plus everything in between. A significant number of the ironworkers on site were Mohawk who had come over from the Kahnawake reservation specifically to work on the building. All workers earned $15 a day and on busy days (especially towards the end of the construction project), 3,000 men could be onsite at the same time. Back when it was completed in 1931, the 102-story art deco skyscraper was the tallest building in the world - and it remained so for over 40 years. It was also built insanely fast. Not only for something built in the 1930s, but even today it would seem impossible to complete a 1,250-foot-high skyscraper in just 410 days. This means workers were completing four and a half floors a week. Given the technology and tools available in the 1930s, this was no easy feat." Wow.

@williamgallucci9913

10 ай бұрын

Its awe imspiring

These are men of steel...The building still standing til this day.. Simply amazing..

My Grandfather help build the Empire State Building. He was a welder.

@DavidSmith-sb2ix

2 жыл бұрын

That's something to be proud of.

@Dangling_Carrot

10 ай бұрын

He was very good that building still strands today 😊

@gastonenriquebautistagiral5499

10 ай бұрын

Te felicito....

@tobateksingh4933

9 ай бұрын

Great yr grand father

@ngairachris6016

9 ай бұрын

There's a difference between building and helping build

Been by the building many times, it's still the symbol of N.Y. to me. The video puts it into perspective. You don't think about how it got there, only it's there. It truly is incredible the steel, the materials and that was back in the 20's 30's.

The 1930’s were the decade when the most beautiful buildings and homes were built.

@Rick88888888

2 ай бұрын

I would go further back in time...

The most amazing thing about this construction, it was completed in just 1 year and 45 days. Those men deserved all the respect in the world 💯

@aasche04

Жыл бұрын

not one black. so much for their claim of "building America"

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

Yes...but I wonder how they made their living when the project was finished....the Depression saw unemployment rates of 20-25%...and construction slowed down very much as the thirties progressed--a very tough time for most Americans.

@georgyhot1

Жыл бұрын

@@curbozerboomer1773 that's why they deserved all the respect in the world because they were building it in such a difficult time.

It's amazing when you look at all pieces that go together to make one huge building, but when you realizes that someone sat down and thought up all of this all the way down to the last bolt just truelly blows my mind.

Ik heb 30 jaar als monteur in de staalbouw gewerkt. In de beginjaren werd er bij ons ook niet aan niet veiligheid gedaan. Maar als je deze mannen ziet weken is het toch van een andere categorie Heel veel respect.

youtube is the closest thing we have to a time machine

The engineers and construction team displayed incredible skill and accuracy to construct this building.

when the American Flag gets hoisted up, what can i say, as an immigrant i cant help but get choked up with the symbolism of what our country is capable of when we work together! God bless the people of the past and the future of this great country!

@Ver5587

Жыл бұрын

White people settled America. 3rd world immigrants pour in here.

@TheTrumpmancometh2024

Жыл бұрын

Well said sir!

Am I the only one that finds it insane they had this machinery and capabilities back then?

@Poisson4147

2 ай бұрын

It's not insane if you're at all familiar with the history of construction. 1930 may be almost a century ago but it wasn't the stone age either. A lot of people alive today are only a lifetime or two removed. In fact some types of heavy machinery date WAY back - even the ancient Greeks had simple cranes that could lift up to maybe 150 kg. Of course early machinery used muscle power (human or horses) but by the 19th C. they had steam motors. There are amazing pictures of things like the Transcontinental RR, the Suez and Panama Canals, and the Brooklyn Bridge being built. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lq2Xza5veNiygrg.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z21-l8OQZ8LgiM4.html The first skyscrapers were built in the 1880s which puts the ESB almost half a century later. The tech was really solid by that point, but still pretty amazing given how much of it was pretty much just pencil, paper, and mechanical calculators. Why I've read is that the planners worked out *everything* in advance, with well-scheduled logistics that had materials effectively going from delivery to installation almost immediately. IMHO we don't give nearly enough credit to what our immediate ancestors were able to accomplish!

@williamgallucci9913

Ай бұрын

Its astounding really

@user-em7lp1sb4k

Ай бұрын

It's all been shipped to China there are very few real men left in the USA to do this kind of work.

@user-is6de8pp7k

Ай бұрын

@@user-em7lp1sb4kThat’s sad but true. 😞 liberalism has Destroyed our country.

@rogerdodrill4733

Ай бұрын

​@@user-em7lp1sb4kChinamen built rails not hi rise

The lack of safety protocols is what I find most amazing abojt this video! No harnesses. No construction hats. Men sitting on the balls of the cranes. Holy crap. Just amazing! Not only was there tons of steel being moved but the guys on the sit had balls of steel! Hats off to them.

I studied architecture back in the mid 70's, even earned a degree. I just couldn't stop thinking of all the drawings, the engineering, the man hours involved in construction and the financing - it just boggled my mind to watch what was involved in just this short video.

13 months to construct... if you've stood in front.. or anywhere near this building.. you know that's quite astounding.

19:45 No safety harnesses or hard hats... just balls of steel

My impression of the Empire State Building’s super-speed construction was that it was directly related to over-the-top organization that allowed the builders to really “flood the zone” with activity and components being fabricated and arriving on site in near-perfect sequence. There were a great number of engineers and designers on site during construction so that “situations” could be quickly resolved in “real time”. Workers were well paid and the staging, lay-down areas, site and labor utilization were all managed for maximum efficiency This was NOT cavalier “rushed” construction.

The guys who designed that steelwork were absolute GENIUSES!

@trplpwr1038

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing what you can do without computers

@MrWolfSnack

2 жыл бұрын

Even the machines alone, like the riveting machine at 4:31. Imagine working out how to design that machine to do that task when one had not existed prior.

@rosewhite---

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrWolfSnack Similar riveters had been used in shipyards for many years since pneumatic power became available.

I can see this building out my window. It’s my second favorite building behind the Chrysler building. It’s a truly remarkable building.

@MrDaiseymay

2 жыл бұрын

They scream to the World--THIS IS AMERICA'.

@ilovecops6255

2 жыл бұрын

CHRYSLER IS A CAR,. IT IS NOTTE THEM EMPIRES SLATES BILDINBGES. THEY BEE 2 DIOFFERNT THINGES. EMPRIE STABE BUILDIGN IS NOT ON WHEELES!!!!

My daughter is a Ironworker welder I am so so proud

@glennmaillard5972

5 ай бұрын

It’s refreshing to know someone here supports workers working in industries they’re capable of and allowed to irrespective of gender. There was a time when they just weren’t allowed to. Amazing to think that for most of human history half the human race was not allowed to do things they were capable of doing just because of their gender. Luckily, like yours, my daughter is given a fair go to do things. Imagine a time when merit meant nothing just because of your gender! Horrific to think. Imagine where we would be if half the gene pool had not been excluded from contributing to so called man made progress for thousands of years? Probably inhabiting other planets in this and other solar systems. ✅

I work on new highrise construction plumbing projects in nyc, did a highrise right across the street from empire state building, I started writing little notes and put them in like the walls at the job sites for someone to find in the future, it's a cool feeling when I see the skyline of NYC and can point out the building I contributed into

@chrhadden

5 ай бұрын

it will be there when your grandkids are your age more than likely. that is a good feeling

@rogerdodrill4733

Ай бұрын

U must be scab worker to have time to write needless notes on job site.u co. Owner pay u to do this? Give all const. Workers bad name,u bum

My father was a 20 year old student studying music at Columbia University in 1931. I like to think of him among the crowds watching this fantastic building go up. For them to be able to build something like this in the depths of the depression was truly amazing. I love the musical score. Thank you, Rick!

@Anonymous-lv1jm

Жыл бұрын

How old are you might I ask?

@deependz3231

Жыл бұрын

@@Anonymous-lv1jm My guess is he was born around 1941?

Still one of the most beautiful buildings on the planet. It was built during the depth of the depression, and every man who worked on its construction considered themselves lucky to have a job. This film shows many of the delicate art deco details of the ESB. To see it in color, at normal speed, with such a haunting musical background is a fantastic experience. Again, my thanks to Rick-many eights for his diligence and hard work on this. Bravo!

@Rick88888888

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! My pleasure.

@jasonpalacios2705

2 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@borntoclimb7116

2 жыл бұрын

So true

In the 70s I was a design student at the fashion Institute of technology 27th St. and 7th Ave., NYC when I lay in my bed at night and looked out the window there was the Empire State building looming large…that was cool.

@iadorenewyork1

10 ай бұрын

I am from NY. Whenever I visit, I, too, like having that building in view out the window of the hotel (like Hotel 30), and I visit the building every time. The lobby is beautiful ~ the whole building is!

@ 0:08. Old stone building bottom. Right hand side window top floor. Don’t know why - but I find it fascinating that someone has been caught for posterity pulling down the sun blind because it was sunny outside before going back to his desk. A unknown person whose name we’ll never know now part of history.

Almost 100 years ago. Just amazing. BTW, it's not just the beams that are made out of steel. These workers had balls of steel.

@allend2749

2 жыл бұрын

try to keep it clean, thank u

@carolynstewart8465

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Being around engineering and construction for nearly 40 years, I remain in awe of this amazing project. Truly the ultimate “can-do” testament. Honestly, You’d think nothing ever went wrong in its construction, beings as it rocketed through production. It’s a one-of-a-kind marvel for the ages.

Hat off for our ancestor for their hard works, spirit, dedication and dignity. Without them we nothing.

Respect from England...each and everyone of those guys...Legends

No hard hats, no steel toe boots, no safety harnesse, no elevator after your shift is done I worked in construction and feel so bubble wrapped These guys were tough, I hope they were paid well Almost 100 years ago That era of humans did the best with what they had

@naimusic362

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure they wanted better working conditions but for the tight fisted and belligerent bosses they worked bloody hard for.. bless ‘em 😇

@katedarcey6468

Жыл бұрын

A Masterpiece x

@supertubr

Жыл бұрын

no ear or eye protection either

I’m a crane operator. I have mad respect for real iron workers. They built America 🇺🇸

@davidschafer544

5 ай бұрын

You can show ur kids and family what you help build. That's rad to thing about.

@larryphillips7349

5 ай бұрын

@@davidschafer544 Rad. Thats awesome. Havent heard that word in 20yrs.

State of the art back then State of the art today A true masterpiece of engineering and construction Salute to all people involved in construction of ESB

Irish emigrants polish ukranians emigrants Dutch, English , Swedish Norwegians , hungrarian , Portuguese and danish. French, Italian , Greek and Slovaks built New York City Let’s thank our great grand fathers for this

@mooganstooker2419

2 жыл бұрын

Now we have a surplus of leaf blower operators.

@appomattoxross6751

2 жыл бұрын

Today's "immigrants" are looking for government freebies - at someone else's expense.

@TheRoastGlint

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the mohawk indians!

@appomattoxross6751

2 жыл бұрын

That was before 330,000,000 showed up.

Amazing that, only a few decades after the "old west era", we were building structures like this. Quite a feat of engineering for the time. The Chrysler building still remains my favorite though.

The Steel to build the Empire State Building was furnished by The Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

As an old ironworker I will say this whole project is truly a marvel! Thank God someone saw fit to record it so well. And thanks Rick88888888 for the fine restoration. Just beautiful.