Vertigo Alert…A View From The Top
I don’t care how much money you offer…I wouldn’t go here! The crews that work on this antenna atop The Empire State Building have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Several people have asked to see this again, so here you go. By the way, this is the site of the first television antenna. I think NBC put it up in 1938. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
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WRGB: Historic In Many Ways Before the history, take a look at these GE Iconoscope cameras. As this was a GE owned property, these could actually be some of the first GE Iconoscopes they made. Over the years, GE tested a lot of equipment here. WRGB claims to be the world’s first television station. It […]
WNBT (NBC), 1941 Rate Card – Part A When I first saw this, I was stunned. At first, I thought they wanted $120 for a 60 second spot, but no…it was $120 per hour to sponsor a show. That’s more like it, especially when you consider that there were only 2,000 sets in the NYC […]
Look Ma…No Viewfinders! The RCA TK30s became available in late 1946, but there was some element used in building the viewfinders that was in very short supply. The networks got viewfinders, but the local stations had to wait. The problem went away after about six months, but local stations that bought them had do make […]
That makes two of us. 😀
You would have to pay me 10 million plus have all the safety equipment already installed before i would even say yes
Not for love or money
Hell of a place to lose your keys..
*runs away screaming*
What do you mean you left the replacement part back in the shop?
This would require a change of Underware…..
And somebody took this picture. Even higher.
That’s balls.
Whoops!
Guy on left: “Don’t drop the lockwasher.” Guy on right: “What lockwasher?”
I’d say the person who took this has THE most dangerous job.
This is a shoot for Todd Sonflieth, “the heights guy”.
I would definitely be the one who would be taking the picture.
It’s the business end of the business, and somebody has to do it. Pity tho, as there are fewer who will train and qualify for this kind of work, regardless of money. You need to be young, in good physical shape, fearless, and sober! I used to do this kind of work cheerfully, but not any more as the clock has caught up to me. B|
Reminds me of the day Walden Kirsch and I did a shoot at the top of KGW’s tower,won’t ever forget how much it moved in the wind….
Absolutely no way!!! He’ll no…
Jodie Peeler u have a GREAT SOH !
plus there is the risk of a tingle if the transmitter was left on.
Is that Gorilla scat?
I you freeze up will the fire department save you here? Parachutes might be cumbersome and dangerous.
I dislike gravity.
Weren’t Native Americans among the first to walk the beams…the NE tribes???
..The man on the right is Tom Silliman the owner of ERI…
No way.