Every year millions of people travel around the globe to visit these famous landmarks which means they’re probably some of the most photographed spots on earth, but have you ever wondered what these locations looked like whilst they were being built?.
Many of them were built from the late 1920’s and into the late 1930’s when cameras weren’t so readily available as they are today. Luckily for us however people still look the time to document the building process of many structures that have gone on to become famous the world over and it’s fascinating.
1. The Empire State Building, New York, 1931
2. The Statue of Liberty, New York, 1885
3. The Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1888
4. Tower Bridge, London, 1892
5. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., 1861
6. Flatiron Building, New York, 1902
7. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., 1920
8. The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, 1936
9. Chrysler Building, New York, 1930
10. Christ The Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, 1931
11. Hoover Dam, Arizona, United States, 1932
12. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1933
13. Space Needle, Seattle, 1961
14. Gateway Arch, St. Louis, 1965
15. Sydney Opera House, 1966
16. World Trade Centres, New York, 1970
17. Luxor, Las Vegas, 1993
18. Petronas Towers, Malaysia, 1995
19. The Burj Khalifa, Dubai, 2008
20. One World Trade Centre, New York, 2012
