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Video: How they built skyscrapers without cranes in the 1910s

Posted on January 9, 2026

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The rise of skyscrapers in the early 1900s forever changed the skylines of major cities in the United States, and soon after cities in other parts of the world.

Today we take the science and precision engineering behind these giant structures for granted, but back in early days of the 1910s they were on an entirely different level.  [Read more…]

Q&A: Why do some bricks have holes in them but others don’t?

Posted on June 8, 2024

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Question from Glenn:  I was walking through my local home improvement store and passed several pallets of bricks.

I noticed that most of the bricks had holes in them but the bricks on one pallet didn’t.

I’m just curious as to why some bricks have holes in them but others don’t?  [Read more…]


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