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    Default A s'load of rivets.

    If you have a few minutes a very nice youtube of the building of the Empire State Building.



    The process of building the columns is very interesting.

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    Default Re: A s'load of rivets.

    I thought sure this thread was going to be about Airstream trailers.
    Dan Bare

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    Default Re: A s'load of rivets.

    Polished rivets, courtesy The Grumman Iron Works.


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    Default Re: A s'load of rivets.

    As a young engineer in the steel industry, I had to place aside my AISC manual when I was assigned to any structural project in the mill that dealt with a building that was pre-WWII. The real talent on a heavy steel project are the crane operators…the iron workers…just plain nuts to this day.
    rw saunders
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