In 1932, steelworkers constructing Rockefeller Center in New York City faced extreme danger by eating lunch on narrow beams hundreds of meters above Manhattan's streets without any safety ropes beneath them, illustrating the hazardous working conditions of early 20th-century construction before modern safety regulations were implemented.
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They Ate Lunch Above New York With No Safety RopesAdded:
These workers ate lunch above New York City with no safety ropes beneath them.
In 1932, one wrong step could send them falling hundreds of meters onto Manhattan's streets.
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