Construction workers recreate iconic New York image

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It is one of the most iconic photographs to have ever been taken.

Sitting 800 feet above the crowded Manhattan streets, a weary group of steel workers enjoy their lunch perched on a beam. Now, more than 80 years on, a new group of workers have decided to recreate that stunning image.

Famous: These steel workers helped to recreate one of the most iconic photographs ever taken when they sat on a beam 800-feet up on the RCA building in Rockefeller Center. The workmen at Alton Towers have recreated this image

It is an almost identical recreation of the famous image taken on September 20, 1932, when a group of steel workers enjoyed their lunch on the 70-story RCA building on New York's Rockefeller Centre. At the time, it was the largest building in terms of office space in the world.

The group of workers recreating the iconic image pose on a new roller coaster at the popular Alton Towers theme park that promises to terrorise thrill-seekers in a whole new way after it was designed with the help of psychology experts and scientific researchers.
 

Back in time: Workmen from Alton Towers celebrated the completion of new white-knuckle ride The Smiler. They created a modern-day version of the famous 1932 image in which steel workers enjoyed their lunch perched on a beam