Building the Chrysler Building
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The Chrysler Building under construction.
 
 
 
 

Photo taken from the Chanin Building
on April 14, 1930.
Image courtesy of Frank Gerlak.
 Throughout its construction, the Chrysler Building was continually lauded for its efficiency and outstanding safety record. Even the New York Times reported that four floors were added weekly and that there had been no fatalities in its construction, a rarity in the 1920's and 30's. 

 The safety record was believed to be a result of the new phone system that was used during the building's construction. When a load of supplies would arrive, the proper foreman would be called on the phone and they would be dealt with immediately, rather than create a hazard on the building site indefinitely.
 
troughout = die ganze Zeit
to laud = loben
outstanding = hervorragend
record = Daten, Aufzeichnung
floor = Stockwerk
fatality = tödlicher Unfall
supplies = Material		 proper = hier: zuständig
foreman = Vorarbeiter
to deal with = sich befassen mit
hazard = Gefahr
building site = Baustelle
indefinitely = ohne Ende
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 Workers at the Chrysler Building. On the right the various stages of riveting the steel structure are shown.
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to rivet = nieten
gun-man = der Arbeiter, der den Niethammer bedient
bucker-up = der Arbeiter, der beim Nieten gegenhält
heater = der Arbeiter, der den Niet bis zur Glut erhitzt
catcher = Fänger (???)
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