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Episode 48: Byford Dolphin

Well There‘s Your Problem

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Case on Sickness in the 1800s

Case on sickness was especially prevalent in the construction of the 1873 Brooklyn Bridge, right? And that actually permanently crippled the chief engineer of the bridge, Washington Robling. So no safety protocols or decompression protocols are implemented. It's 1870. You need more laborers and you just get them off the next boat. Exactly. I've seen gangs in New York. This is this shit is easy.

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