A worker holding a 193 lb. (87.5 kg.) bolt and nut used to couple two shafts together on a main unit during the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Grand Coulee, Washington, December 29, 1942 [515×499]

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Comments

nigella1986

A washing machine is 50 or 60kg, so 87.5kg seems a crazy amount
sverdrupian

r/HumanForScale
Badgerfest

That bolt weighs as much as I do.
TheNaughtyMonkey

Why weren’t there more women hired for this work?

Damn patriarchy.

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