Well, she at least has a rope!
1949 Supremely rare…Betty fox jumping rope …Daredevil over Chicago streets by John Mathew Smith, on Flickr
Hey! It’s Chicago, too!
Cheers, Ed
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Tsk, tsk, Edmund.
Rich
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Found it!
Does this guy have a death wish, or what?
Rich
Source: Vintage photos of the Delaware Memorial Bridge's construction - nj.com
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I think I decided I’m more afraid of shoddy workmanship and lack of maintenance than I am of heights and crossing bridges. A rickety extension ladder leaned against a wall is more frightening to me at 4 feet from the ground than standing on the observation deck of the Terminal Tower. However, back at ground level I’m positively convinced that those bridges and buildings are going to fall on me and turn me into a paste. 
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Those pictures of standing on girders etc reminds me of the similar pictures of the building of the Empire State Building in New York.
David
A documentary I saw years ago mentioned the importance and contributions of the Native American iron workers.
More obscure history that will probably fade away, sadly.
Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper by Edmund, on Flickr
I used to be amazed at the guys heating and tossing the rivets, or more importantly, the guy catching them! Look out below…
Regards, Ed
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I like flying and will get a window seat whenever I can. I don’t have any problems on high bridges - concentrate on the road and drive - don’t sightsee.
With the above being said, when I look over the side of a high building I get a real sense of vertigo. Some of the shot made in certain movies or TV shows can also induce the feelings of vertigo.
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I came across this excellent website that covers some of the most prominent bascule bridges in Chicago.
There are some excellent photos of the wrecked B&OCT bridge.
Rich
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That same website has another section that features all 12 of Chicago’s vertical lift bridges, including a few lesser-known ones.
Rich
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That website also covers the swing bridges on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Almost none of the canal’s movable bridges remain operable today, and that includes the swing bridges. Many have had their machinery removed.
Rich
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I have no problem with looking out of the window of an airplane, be it a large airliner or two seater Cessna. I do have a problem being near a floor to ceiling window that is more than a couple of stories above ground level. Yet I didn’t have a problem working 75’ in the air on the radio tower at my previous home as three levels of guy wires kept it pretty steady.
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No way! Count me out.
Rich
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I formerly had no issues about getting on the roof of my house and cleaning gutters and such.
Recently I had a top ridge vent come loose and allow water into the interior of the roof. I went up on the roof and didn’t feel as surefooted as I have in the past - It was all I could do to make my way back to the ladder and get off the roof. Once I got down, there was no way I was going back up with materials to make the repair - got my son-in-law to do it.
On the other end - when I get down on the ground and try to twist and work on something above me - like the underside to the car etc. I get a case of vertigo.
Getting Old is not for the young.
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I didn’t know they were counting you in.
David
They? 
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Well the first few times up a tower were a bit nerve wracking, but once I got focused on the work that needed to be done the height didn’t bother me. I was wearing a lineman’s belt and my feet were firmly planted in the tower bracing, which is a very different situation than the fellow standing on the beam.
I don’t think I would have been very comfortable being a brakeman in the pre air brake days.
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Feature being uncomfortable as a ‘walk the tops brakeman’ would not last very long - you either became comfortable quickly or you were dead. Safety did not exist in the vocabular in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
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Yikes!
Was going through a Railway Age (I think) about 10 or 12 years ago and in one of their ‘100 years ago’ shorts - the article was bragging about the railroads ‘safety record’ for that year - ONLY two thousand employees were killed while on the job. What we know as SAFETY in the 21st Century was non-existent a hundred years ago.
As much as I hate lawyers, they have made it much more expensive for companies and corporations to kill on duty employees. Without the high cost of settling injuries/deaths that happen to employees the world would be even more unsafe than it already is.
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