The Opening Of The Golden Gate
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The Opening Of The Golden Gate
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Author : R. H. Phelps
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
The Opening Of The Golden Gate written by R. H. Phelps and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with Bridges categories.
Official Souvenir Program
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Author : Golden Gate Highway Bridge and District
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Official Souvenir Program written by Golden Gate Highway Bridge and District and has been published by Franklin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Official Souvenir Program
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Author : Golden Gate High Bridge and District
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Official Souvenir Program written by Golden Gate High Bridge and District and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Official Souvenir Program
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
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The Gate The True Story Of The Design And Construction Of The Golden Gate Bridge
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Author : John van der Zee
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2024-03-30
The Gate The True Story Of The Design And Construction Of The Golden Gate Bridge written by John van der Zee and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
“John van der Zee has... mastered the technical details of [his] subject... [he has] used [his] talents as writer... to narrate not only the technical but also the human drama involved in bringing the concept of a great bridge to fruition. Engineering projects necessarily involve a large cast of characters, and van der Zee has portrayed his as deftly as a novelist might. The engineers in this book come alive as people, with all the faults and foibles associated with the human species. The story of the Golden Gate Bridge is principally the story of its chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, and he is both hero and villain of the piece... Strauss claimed he could build a bridge for under $25 million, and in 1921 produced an ungainly design that was priced at $17 million. The next lowest estimate was still four or five times as high... How Strauss’s ugly duckling evolved into the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge is a fascinating tale. It is complete with revelations about how Charles Ellis, a classics scholar and self-taught bridge engineer, really translated Strauss’s conceptual design into an engineering reality. The falling out between Strauss and Ellis, resulting in the latter being denied any official credit for his work on the bridge, was true tragedy... the history of the bridge itself... is a case study of personal and technological adventure bordering on hubris... John van der Zee has captured all of this in a fascinating book that shows that the best of cutting-edge engineering is much, much more than science and technology.” — Nature “John van der Zee tells the story of the [Golden Gate Bridge’s] creation, and while its realization was a complicated act of finance, politics and architecture, it was, above all, a masterpiece of engineering. Until The Gate... the authorship of its structural design was obscured by the practice — still common among many design firms — of attributing credit to the head of the firm responsible for the project... Joseph Strauss... But the book — organized like a whodunit — reveals that neither Strauss nor the famous New York engineers who worked as consultants really engineered the bridge... The book is not only a tribute to what the author calls ‘a democratic masterpiece.’ It also sets the record straight: it was Ellis who did it.“ — The New York Times “[A]n impressively researched, carefully crafted biography of the [Golden Gate] bridge and the ambitious men who built it. Two strong personalities dominate this tale: Michael O’Shaughnessy, City Engineer of S.F. who rebuilt the city after the earthquake of 1912 and who long dreamed of bridging the Golden Gate, and Joseph Strauss, the ambitious engineer who designed the standard form of drawbridge. In a propaganda struggle that lasted for more than a decade and which is presented in all its fascinating minutiae by van der Zee, the two slowly persuaded the city that a Golden Gate bridge was feasible mechanically and financially... van der Zee re-creates the grueling, Herculean task of construction... does a commendable job of vivifying the story of the bridge.” — Kirkus
The Golden Gate Bridge
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-01-13
The Golden Gate Bridge written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-13 with History categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the bridge's construction written by workers and the chief engineer *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "To this Gate I give the name of 'Chrysopylae, ' or Golden Gate, for the same reason that the harbor of Byzantium was called 'Chrysoceras, ' or Golden Horn." - Captain John C. Fremont, 1846 "[A] perpetual monument that will make this city's name ring around the world and renew the magical fame which the Golden Gate enjoyed in the days of '49." - S.F. Examiner editorial, March 24, 1925 San Francisco has countless landmarks and tourist spots, but few are associated with the city as the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the modern world's engineering marvels. The giant suspension bridge spans the San Francisco Bay, with a length of over 1.5 miles, a height of nearly 750 feet, and a width of around 100 feet. While it is a beautiful and instantly recognizable landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge was also a very practical one born of necessity. After the California Gold Rush helped turn San Francisco into a destination site, connecting people on both sides of the beautiful Golden Gate Strait became vitally important. There was a consistent ferry service in the area, but the advent of automobiles made a bridge even more imperative. At the same time, no one in the world had ever successfully built a bridge as long as this one would be, and indeed, no one else would for another three decades after the Golden Gate Bridge opened. Given its size, it should come as little surprise that the Golden Gate Bridge was one of the most ambitious and expensive projects of its age. Indeed, it would take nearly 20 years from the time the bridge was proposed to its grand opening, and it cost hundreds of millions of dollars (the equivalent of several billion today). When it finally opened in 1937, Joseph Strauss, the man most responsible for the bridge, remarked, "This bridge needs neither praise, eulogy nor encomium. It speaks for itself. We who have labored long are grateful. What Nature rent asunder long ago, man has joined today." The Golden Gate Bridge: The History of San Francisco's Most Famous Bridge chronicles the story of how one of America's most famous bridges was built. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Golden Gate Bridge like never before, in no time at all.
Golden Gate Bridge
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Author : Rebecca Stanborough
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2016-01-01
Golden Gate Bridge written by Rebecca Stanborough and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Explains the history behind and the process of building the Golden Gate Bridge"--
Official Souvenir Program Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
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Author : Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-01-24
Official Souvenir Program Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta written by Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from Official Souvenir Program, Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta: Celebrating the Opening of the World's Longest Single Span; May 27 to June 2, 1937 A.m. - Floral Gate Ceremonial on Toll Plaza at south Bridgehead on San Francisco side; Fiesta Queens garlanded with flowers, will form living gate, which will be opened to official party following presentation of the completed Golden Gate Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District by Chief Engineer Joseph B. Strauss, and acceptance by William P. Filmer, Presi' dent of Bridge District. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Souvenir Edition
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
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California Of Today
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
California Of Today written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with California categories.