It took a year to build the Empire State Building, and 5 years to build the Hoover Dam yet current estimates for the Francis Scott Key bridge rebuild are near 10 years. Why is this? Have we regressed?
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During the construction of the Empire State Building, five workers were officially reported to have died. Rumors circulated (particularly among newspapers with an agenda) that up to 42 people died, however. I have a feeling that the truth is somewhere in between.
That sort of fatality rate is considered unacceptable today and much more emphasis is put on safety.
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