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Photo of officials inside one of the gigantic penstock pipes used in the Hoover Dam, 1935. (lemmy.world)
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[–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Unless it's just another one of those perspective photos where the ground is just a foot or two under them, overlooking the site from above. Seemed to be a common photo technique back then to inflate scale.

That's not to say there were not dangerous working conditions back then, but photographers also knew how to engineer stunning photos.