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Black steel workers.

2 Black construction workers with rivet heaters (furnaces) to heat up rivets prior to insertion into girders. When inserted and the ends pounded, the rivets cool down and shrink to provide a tight fit

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2 Black construction workers with rivet heaters (furnaces) to heat up rivets prior to insertion into girders. When inserted and the ends pounded, the rivets cool down and shrink to provide a tight fit