Last week we saw the painters posing like seagulls in the rigging on the Brooklyn Bridge. This week they’re back at work. Notice the sophisticated safety features. Yeah, right.
Man, kneeling like that on what looks to be about a 3 or 4 inch cable has just got to be uncomfortable as hell.
December 3rd, 1915

That freaks me out, i have vertigo.
It must have been a bear to wield a wrench up there that was big enough to tighten the nuts. Plus it must have taken half the shift to climb down and fill the paint bucket