Builders in the sky - China & New York

Workers build a footpath around the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in China
Builders in the sky – China & New York



Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath.


The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished, will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath.


The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished, will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath.


Yu Ji takes charge of the most dangerous part of the project - drilling the holes to set up pipes to support the footpath.




Building a plank road on Shifou Mountain is difficult because the cliff stands vertical at 90 degrees, without any slope or alcoves.








A finished section of the footpath.



Empire State Building Being Built in 1930
















My friend have visited the Rockefeller Center in New York about 2 months ago - these photos were displayed as construction works of the Rockefeller building.

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