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Wooden train bridge at Cedar River, Washington state, USA, 1917? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess there's a bit of selection there as well. If you've managed to not kill yourself for a year or so, you probably know what you're doing. It's not that there weren't deaths, it was just expected that some wouldn't learn the job well enough to continue doing it.

[โ€“] rustyredox 2 points 1 year ago

Seems to be a recurring theme with historic workplace photos: