The Mohawk ironworkers, often nicknamed the “sky walkers,” were legendary crews who helped build many of North America’s tallest skyscrapers and longest bridges in the 20th century. Originating from the Kahnawà:ke and Akwesasne communities, they became renowned for their extraordinary balance, calm under pressure, and seeming fearlessness of heights. Often photographed sitting casually on steel beams or crane booms hundreds of feet above the city — sometimes even eating lunch there — they were i
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The Mohawk ironworkers, often nicknamed the “sky walkers,” were legendary crews who helped build many of North America’s tallest skyscrapers and longest bridges in the 20th century. Originating from the Kahnawà:ke and Akwesasne communities, they became renowned for their extraordinary balance, calm under pressure, and seeming fearlessness of heights. Often photographed sitting casually on steel beams or crane booms hundreds of feet above the city — sometimes even eating lunch there — they were i
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INCREDIBLE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY!🙏🙏 Final Part: 1930’s Mohawk Ironworkers working in NY Skyscrapers.❤️ #bluecollar #1939s #Fyp #History #Construction #BackinTheDay #IronWorkers #Learn #BrunnoNoBs 👊👊 | Brunno Batista
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INCREDIBLE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY!🙏🙏 Final Part: 1930’s Mohawk Ironworkers working in NY Skyscrapers.❤️ #bluecollar #1939s #Fyp #History #Construction #BackinTheDay #IronWorkers #Learn #BrunnoNoBs 👊👊 | Brunno Batista
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Mohawk Ironworkers from the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec building skyscrapers in NYC in 1965. | Old Canada Series
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Mohawk Ironworkers from the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec building skyscrapers in NYC in 1965. | Old Canada Series
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Mohawk ironworkers, often called “Skywalkers,” played a huge role in building Manhattan’s skyline from the early twentieth century on. Many came from the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk community in Canada and were renowned for their calm balance and fearlessness working hundreds of feet above the street. They helped raise the steel for landmarks like the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and countless Midtown towers. Generations followed one another into the trade, turning high steel work into a fam
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Mohawk ironworkers, often called “Skywalkers,” played a huge role in building Manhattan’s skyline from the early twentieth century on. Many came from the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk community in Canada and were renowned for their calm balance and fearlessness working hundreds of feet above the street. They helped raise the steel for landmarks like the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and countless Midtown towers. Generations followed one another into the trade, turning high steel work into a fam
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How Mohawk ironworkers from Kahnawake helped build New York's skyline
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How Mohawk ironworkers from Kahnawake helped build New York's skyline
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No harnesses. No nets. No fear. These were the ironworkers — many of them Mohawk skywalkers from Canada — who walked narrow steel beams 70, 80, even 100 stories above the streets of Manhattan. One wrong step and it was over. They riveted red-hot bolts by hand, balanced on beams barely wider than their boots, and ate lunch suspended 1,000 feet in the air like it was nothing. This is the real story behind the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, and every Art Deco icon tha
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No harnesses. No nets. No fear. These were the ironworkers — many of them Mohawk skywalkers from Canada — who walked narrow steel beams 70, 80, even 100 stories above the streets of Manhattan. One wrong step and it was over. They riveted red-hot bolts by hand, balanced on beams barely wider than their boots, and ate lunch suspended 1,000 feet in the air like it was nothing. This is the real story behind the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, and every Art Deco icon tha
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Lindsay LeBorgne is a fourth-generation ironworker and Council Chief for Kahnawake, one of eight communities in the Mohawk nation. For more than 100 years, Mohawk “Skywalkers” have helped shape NYC skylines. Learn more about their contribution to this sacred site in the exhibition “Skywalkers: A Portrait of the Mohawk Ironworker at the World Trade Center, Tintype Photographs by Melissa Cacciola.” https://911memorial.io/2ThBNGd | National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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