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Empire State Building: Made by Hand

A Derrick Gang at Work

A Derrick Gang at Work

Most of the men who worked on the building were European immigrants. They were joined by hundreds of Mohawk iron workers, many from a reserve near Montreal.

Photo: George Eastman House/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1930
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