These Men Risked Their Lives to Build 1920s New York Skyscrapers - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

The skyscrapers of Manhattan needed a new, bolder type of construction worker. They got them in 'roughnecks' - hardened men who worked without safety harnesses, hard hats or even bathroom breaks.

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