Iron beam under construction at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Empire State Building construction in New York City. American Bridge Company's Plant at Ambridge, Pennsylvania. A man shows parts of finished column with the help of a pointer. Animation shows the assembly of beam parts. Wing plates placed. Placement of cover plates. Side web section insertion. Other small parts assembled on beam. Finished beam carried by a crane and placed on a carrier truck. Workers observe the transfer.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Board reads "Empire State, ready for May 1931 occupancy, Renting office room 1202, 200 Madison Ave.", with photograph of the building. Steel erection starts with setting of steel billets and grillages after completion of concrete foundation to rock. View of finished base of building. Large grillages are carried from trucks by cranes and placed to rock. Workers handle it to be placed on proper place. Large billet on rock for main supporting column.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Columns brought to the site. Cranes lift columns from trucks. People watch the construction from street. Nine derricks at work area. Column is placed by derrick. Workers handle the column to be set. They hold lower column section. A worker pounds it into place with a sledge hammer.
The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) under construction in New York. Floor beams are brought to the construction site. Derrick lifts beams from truck. It is placed on the foundation floor of the building. It is connected to columns. Beam and column panels at the foundation. Beams are to form floor planking. Workers at construction site.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Derrick lifts column and place it over base. Workers hold column and adjust it on the base. Worker hammers field bolts on column. A worker climb on column by rope and removes the hook of derrick. Animation shows building construction reaches to 6th floor on 8th. Construction site up to 4th floor.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Workers at the skyscraper construction site. Iron beams and panels on floors. Animation shows 25th floor.
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