PHOTOS OF ICONIC BUILDINGS AND BRIDGES AS THEY WERE BEING BUILT

During the incredible building boom of early 20th century many of iconic buildings we all know well were being under construction. It may be hard to imagine that iconic landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge or the Empire State Building ever didn’t exist.

A man stands on cables over the Golden Gate Bridge, circa 1933

Ceasar's Palace construction, in Las Vegas, circa 1965

Epcot under construction in the early 1980s

San Francisco's Transamerica Building, circa 1969.

The Chrysler Building under construction, circa 1929

The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883

The construction of the Empire State Building, in the early 1930s

The construction of the LAX Theme Building, circa 1960

The construction of the Manhattan Bridge, in 1909

The LA City Hall under construction in 1927

The Lincoln Memorial in 1916

The New York Times building under construction in 1903

The Sears Tower under construction in 1970

The Washington Monument in 1869

The World Trade Center, circa 1966