Monday, January 23, 2012

How they built the Golden Gate Bridge


I recently came across a French Web site with a number of very interesting photographs showing the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco from 1933-37. Here are a few examples.










There are many more pictures at the link; and if you open each one to full size in a new window or tab, most are much larger than the reduced-size images reproduced here. They make very interesting viewing.

Peter
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2 comments:

  1. Old NFOJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM

    And painting it is a FULL TIME job, it's never finished... When they get done, it's time to go back and start over! Friend's dad worked 40 years painting that bridge and he had quite a few stories...

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:39 AM

    From a time when stimulus money actually bought something (sometimes.)

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