Workers on the Forth Rail Bridge, North Queensferry, 1996. Photographed by Peter Stubbs.
Tail rudder of a B-36 bomber being repaired by mechanics at Carswell Air Force Base, 1951. Photographer unknown.
Via Scaffoldage, home of “skeletal archiporn.”
In the top picture has the guy on the right just dropped his sandwiches?
I get nervous just watching the first picture.
This is why we need jetpacks.
Those are architectural marvels comparable to the structures they were used for. Those on the second picture look immense. It has to be built for the job, or else it would cause more problems than just engine failure or unfinished constructions.