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Men in room at Mrs. Jones's boardinghouse. Six men live in this room. Three beds, pay eight to ten dollars a week rent. Most of them have families they left behind in Bluefield, West Virginia; Bristol, Tennessee; or High Point, North Carolina. They are carpenters, carpenters' assistants, riggers and laborers. They make sixty cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents per hour. Radford, Virginia

Public domain photograph of West Virginia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the signal man of a riggers crew at a large Eastern shipyard. He is about ready to give the go-ahead signal to the operator of a large overhead electric crane. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, Wash. Two riggers on a hook on their way to work at the powerhouse on the right

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Riggers bust at work on TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. View of the riggers building

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Riggers Loft/Paint Shop/Sheet Metal Shop, 1322 Canal Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-326-J Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Riggers' Storehouse, Seventh Street near Bravo Pier 13, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Building 139 was utilized as a riggers' storehouse. As a Category Type 3 structure, it has been determined that Building 139 functioned as part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base but is only of minor More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Riggers' Storehouse, Seventh Street near Bravo Pier 13, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Building 139 was utilized as a riggers' storehouse. As a Category Type 3 structure, it has been determined that Building 139 functioned as part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base but is only of minor More