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I have a few questions regarding the Golden Gate Bridge.
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This is little liberal me saying it, but they have a bit of an insidious history. If you were to envision the fat-cat evil business men who swindled and tricked all the lowly farmers from their land and homes, this would be them. They gained all their land through wow gold "eminent domain" for the railroads (that some were never built) and then "pocketed" the rest. Stanford University is a good wow po example of just a fraction of the acreage that was seized and claimed as private. Smart business men they were. |
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When was the Golden Gate Bridge built? Construction began January 5, 1933 and the last rivet (made of gold) was placed on May 27, 1937, pedestrian day. Vehicular traffic commenced the following day. What color is the Golden Gate Bridge? International Orange. How long is it? By itself, the bridge is 6,450 feet. If you add the approaches, the total length is seven miles. How wide is it? 90 feet from the center of the cables. What is the height of the towers? 746 feet above the water. How much steel was used to build the bridge? Over 100,000 tons. How much cable was used? 80,000 miles, weighing 22,000 tons. Were any lives lost during construction? Eleven men died during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, ten of those when a netting broke loose beneath the bridge, near the completion date. In that incident, twelve men "went into the hole" and only two came back. (Source: via) |
