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![[Three construction workers putting a coat of paint on a slanted wall of riveted-steel plates on the Hoover Dam spillway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvdGhyZWUtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLXdvcmtlcnMtcHV0dGluZy1hLWNvYXQtb2YtcGFpbnQtb24tYS1zbGFudGVkLXdhbGwtb2Ytcml2ZXRlZC1lNzZiYWYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/394/jpg "[Three construction workers putting a coat of paint on a slanted wall of riveted-steel plates on the Hoover Dam spillway]")
![[Sketch of plaster work in ceiling and interior wall]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvc2tldGNoLW9mLXBsYXN0ZXItd29yay1pbi1jZWlsaW5nLWFuZC1pbnRlcmlvci13YWxsLTcwMDY5Yy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Sketch of plaster work in ceiling and interior wall]")
![[Three construction workers, suspended by ropes, with pneumatic hammers cutting into a wall or mountain, during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Washington]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLXdvcmtlcnMtc3VzcGVuZGVkLWJ5LXJvcGVzLXdpdGgtcG5ldW1hdGljLWhhbW1lcnMtY3V0dGluZy02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Three construction workers, suspended by ropes, with pneumatic hammers cutting into a wall or mountain, during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Washington]")
![[Wayne County Road Commissioners' steam shovel at road construction site, Mich.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvd2F5bmUtY291bnR5LXJvYWQtY29tbWlzc2lvbmVycy1zdGVhbS1zaG92ZWwtYXQtcm9hZC1jb25zdHJ1Y3Rpb24tc2l0ZS1taWNoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Wayne County Road Commissioners' steam shovel at road construction site, Mich.]")
![[Three ironworkers on girder with steam and rooftops in background, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvdGhyZWUtaXJvbndvcmtlcnMtb24tZ2lyZGVyLXdpdGgtc3RlYW0tYW5kLXJvb2Z0b3BzLWluLWJhY2tncm91bmQtbmV3LXlvcmstZTFmYjYwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Three ironworkers on girder with steam and rooftops in background, New York City]")
![[Construction worker with pneumatic hammer cutting into portion of dam wall]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLXdvcmtlci13aXRoLXBuZXVtYXRpYy1oYW1tZXItY3V0dGluZy1pbnRvLXBvcnRpb24tb2YtZGFtLXdhbGwtMmEzMjM2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Construction worker with pneumatic hammer cutting into portion of dam wall]")
