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Jefferson's head under construction during Mount Rushmore's construction.
Mount Rushmore under construction.

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  • Building landmarks like the Statue of Liberty involved huge feats of engineering.
  • It took 14 years for the Sydney Opera House to be completed.
  • Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família in Barcelona remains a work in progress.

We know what famous landmarks look like today, but iconic structures like the Statue of Liberty and the Sydney Opera House looked a bit different while they were being assembled.

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Travel, Features, Cities, Architecture, Landmarks, mount-rushmore, statue-of-liberty, eiffel-tower
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Photos show 13 iconic landmarks as they were being constructed