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The Task Ahead

The Task Ahead

The Task Ahead

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Summit Tunnel

Summit Tunnel

Summit Tunnel

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn

Cape Horn

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Central Pacific Workmanship

Central Pacific Workmanship

Central Pacific Workmanship

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Liquid Nitroglycerin and the Transcontinental Railroad

Liquid Nitroglycerin and the Transcontinental Railroad

Liquid Nitroglycerin and the Transcontinental Railroad

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Tunneling and Tracklaying

Tunneling and Tracklaying

Tunneling and Tracklaying

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Construction of the World Trade Center

Construction of the World Trade Center

Construction of the World Trade Center

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Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions

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The Design of the Twin Towers

The Design of the Twin Towers

The Design of the Twin Towers

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Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

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Engineering for High Winds

Engineering for High Winds

Engineering for High Winds

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James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

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American Experience

Jim Crow in Mississippi

An excerpt from a 1960 film by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an anti-civil rights agency.