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To: beaversmom

Took 6 months to build in 1929 as a tourist attraction.


67 posted on 11/09/2009 8:59:34 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62
Royal Gorge Bridge

From the above link, it says they had no fatalities building it either:

Although many inexperienced laborers worked on the Royal Gorge Bridge, despite the risk involved in the project, it was completed in seven months without fatality or incident.

70 posted on 11/09/2009 9:05:57 AM PST by beaversmom
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