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In reply to the discussion: They Did It During The Great Depression, They Did It Without Computers, They Did It Without AutoCad [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)So of course worker's rights and wages were collectively bargained agreements. Safety was not what it is today but much effort was placed towrad safety in the bridge project. More lives were saved by the precautions taken than were lost overall, 19 saved by the nets along, 11 died during the project, 10 of those when the safety nets failed.
It might interest you to know that there was rather large opposition to the bridge from DC, the War Department was afraid it would hinder naval access to the Bay, and they fought it for years. For the sake of 'defense' they wanted no bridge, wanted a draw bridge, and that delayed the project for some time.
Additionally it took years and years to make the political path to construction, various county, city and State interests on top of the Federal interest. There were votes, bonds, meetings, compromises. It was in fact, just like today.