20 Photos of Monuments Before They Were Completed
Carly Tennes
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04/13/2024
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Long before the Eifell Tower watched over Paris and the Golden Gate Bridge connected Californians like never before, these massive monuments were like all buildings — spectacular works in progress. But from the scaffolding and the equipment would rise some of the most iconic manmade structures in human history.
From the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building, here are 20 photos of monuments before they were completed.
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1. Tokyo Tower — Tokyo, Japan
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2. Christ the Redeemer — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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3. Mount Rushmore National Memorial — Keystone, South Dakota
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4. Petronas Towers — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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5. Statue of Liberty — New York City, New York
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6. Eiffel Tower — Paris, France
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7. The Big Buddha — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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8. London Eye — London, England
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9. The Gateway Arch — St. Louis, Missouri
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10. Empire State Building — New York City, New York
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11. Golden Gate Bridge — San Francisco, California
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12. Washington Monument — Washington D.C.
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13. Lincoln Memorial — Washington D.C.
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14. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater — Mill Run, Pennsylvania
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15. Sydney Opera House — Sydney, Australia
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16. La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, Spain
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17. Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) — Chicago, Illinois
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18. The Louvre — Paris France
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19. CN Tower — Toronto, Canada
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20. Alcatraz — San Francisco, California
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