Menu

Structural Steel Trivia: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper

The famous black-and-white photo, “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” was taken in 1932 at the construction site of the steel-framed RCA Building (renamed the GE Building in 1986) at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The photo shows 11 ironworkers eating lunch, seated on a crossbeam with their feet dangling about 850 ft above the streets of the city. It was taken on the 69th floor of the building toward the end of construction. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

Our July Structural Steel Trivia question is:

Approximately how many people were hired for the building’s construction?

a) 10,000
b) 25,000
c) 32,000
d) 40,000

Answer:

The correct answer is d) 40,000. Congratulations to our winners! They are: Derek Hoffman, a detailer/designer with SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer at Fluor Corp., Houston.  

You can test your structural steel knowledge right here on our MSC website on the last Friday of each month, where a new trivia question will be posted to the News section. Our next challenge will be posted on Friday, August 25.