A diagram from the August 1930 issue of Popular Science, detailing how workers topped New York’s Chrysler Building with its iconic spire.
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“New York—Completing a Great Work—Lashing the stays of the Brooklyn Bridge”
Wood engraving
Frank Leslie’s Weekly, published 1883
[From the Library of Congress]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj9kggI9Vl1qzhl9eo1_r1_1280.jpg)
“New York—Completing a Great Work—Lashing the stays of the Brooklyn Bridge”
Wood engraving
Frank Leslie’s Weekly, published 1883
[From the Library of Congress]
