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Mon May 28, 2012, 08:27 PM

Art_from_Ark (16,921 posts)

123. Actually, the Bay Bridge opened in 1936

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So San Francisco had a bridge connection a year before the Golden Gate Bridge opened.

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129 replies	Author	Time	Post
They Did It During The Great Depression, They Did It Without Computers, They Did It Without AutoCad [View all]	WillyT	May 2012	OP
Skilled Tradesman, Dedicated Engineers, And Focused Goal - Works Every Time	cantbeserious	May 2012	#1
Word !!!	WillyT	May 2012	#3
+1	TomClash	May 2012	#13
Who?	malaise	May 2012	#2
Well... It IS San Francisco... So Ya Never Know...	WillyT	May 2012	#4
LOL	malaise	May 2012	#8
Yes... so much of the most amazing engineering would seem impossible today without all these tools	hlthe2b	May 2012	#5
And even before that and with less sophistication, this was accomplished	NRaleighLiberal	May 2012	#6
Isn't that the truth	malaise	May 2012	#9
right back at ya!	NRaleighLiberal	May 2012	#11
Self-deleted	frazzled	May 2012	#31
No way. The inter-tubes told me those were definitely the product of extra-terrestrial technology.	freshwest	May 2012	#48
That's right.	Brigid	May 2012	#64
Does he intentionally try to look like a Centauri from Babylon 5?	NickB79	May 2012	#71
Yes! LOL! 'This is part where my brain went on strike.'	freshwest	May 2012	#76
well, given that the pyramides were build by slaves, I am not sure it is a good example.	Mass	May 2012	#63
A newer theory is that free men, skilled workers for pay, built the Great Pyramid.	tclambert	May 2012	#69
So were the Capitol and the White House.	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#89
They were built by well-paid conscripted labor, not slaves.	Odin2005	May 2012	#91
Probably not the best example, given that it was built by slaves	nxylas	May 2012	#68
Also they were completely useless	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#77
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever..."-John Keats	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#90
I'm sure all the starving slaves were very happy they could	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#110
They weren't starving--in fact they were quite well	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#115
Not just the rich	fujiyama	May 2012	#109
But, will these ostentatious creations	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#116
they did it remarkably safely	CreekDog	May 2012	#7
Well eleven men died in constructing the bridge...	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#56
I was just about to look that up.	tclambert	May 2012	#70
Yes, 11 died, and yet I agree with the poster who said innovative safety precautions	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#72
They would have jumped at the chance to use computers and AutoCad	DavidDvorkin	May 2012	#10
Sure... And The Wright Brothers Would Have Preferred A 747... But It Doesn't Quite Work That Way...	WillyT	May 2012	#15
Kind of a BS comparsion	Confusious	May 2012	#36
And Yet... A Marvel Of Depression Era Technology Still Stands, And Is Functional... 75 Years Later...	WillyT	May 2012	#37
Another bogus comparsion	Confusious	May 2012	#39
And You... Don't Have A Clue... Or An Appreciation Of History...	WillyT	May 2012	#41
I have an appreciation of history	Confusious	May 2012	#95
And have it collapse due to the use of cheap Chinese materials too. (NT)	Heywood J	May 2012	#75
Damn, lighten up Francis. Nothing like taking	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#85
So your one of the people	Confusious	May 2012	#112
Sorry, but you don't seem bent on genuinely helping	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#113
Helping you understand in a post is impossible	Confusious	May 2012	#117
If I had your acumen, which I sadly don't,	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#118
False humility is also pretty lame too	Confusious	May 2012	#119
Do you not understand the point of the post?	alittlelark	May 2012	#43
were it Union Workers who did this?	fascisthunter	May 2012	#12
Yes, it was constructed with union workers. FDR was the first president to support unions.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#19
My dad was a union machinist in S.F. in the 30's and walked across the bridge for the opening.	freshwest	May 2012	#49
I was there on the 50th birthday	CreekDog	May 2012	#14
It was the first and only time the arch of the bridge was actually flat.	lunatica	May 2012	#17
I Was At Chrissy Field... But You Must Have Enjoyed This...	WillyT	May 2012	#21
cool article, and cool that they explained what those of us in the middle of the bridge experienced	CreekDog	May 2012	#32
it was awesome to be walking on the roadway, amazing, not even crowded...UNTIL...	CreekDog	May 2012	#33
I knew there was a reason why I stayed home on that day....	left on green only	May 2012	#51
Fascinating stuff, WillyT. Thanks so much for this thread.	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#93
You Are Quite Welcome !!!	WillyT	May 2012	#122
Somewhere around 10 years ago a poll was taken> How long did it take...	BlueJazz	May 2012	#16
A Marvel. A breathtaking, beautiful marvel.	xchrom	May 2012	#18
Imagine all the things we could accomplish	madamesilverspurs	May 2012	#20
Hoover Dam. nt	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#22
And to be complete....	PavePusher	May 2012	#23
Food for thought if you're anti-union?	UnrepentantLiberal	May 2012	#25
Only if you think that was a good thing. Fortunately we have advanced and made progress since	sabrina 1	May 2012	#46
Fortunately, I do not think (nor do I think I implied) that it was a good thing.	PavePusher	May 2012	#120
Well, in this case, as shown somewhere else in this thread, they had unions, which probably	sabrina 1	May 2012	#129
Names of the 11 men who died while building the bridge:	sabrina 1	May 2012	#47
Thanks Sabrina...	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#57
The Golden Gate Bridge was built by Union workers, SF was a strong Union city then.	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#66
+1,000	freshwest	May 2012	#50
Imagine what we were going to accompligh were it not for the likes of Chris Christie	bupkus	May 2012	#60
Another retrograde Repuke mistake. Christie	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#98
+1,000 ! n/t	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#96
They Did It Without Calculators	Yavin4	May 2012	#24
.	baldguy	May 2012	#58
Slide rule, helped put men on the Moon.	FogerRox	May 2012	#79
We did that with computers	DavidDvorkin	May 2012	#81
Neil Armstrongs slide rule	FogerRox	May 2012	#84
Yes, everyone likes to talk about the slide rules that astronauts had with them. However	DavidDvorkin	May 2012	#102
Designed 50 years ago without computers or AutoCad (try slide-rules):	IDemo	May 2012	#26
Autocad is just a tool-it cannot replace imagination and focus	curlyred	May 2012	#27
Stradivarius built the most prized violins every creatred by hand	bupkus	May 2012	#62
Ask any musician worthy of the name which they'd rather	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#100
+1,000 ! n/t	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#99
But the real question from those of us who grew up in THE CITY is...	OffWithTheirHeads	May 2012	#28
The Golden Gate Bridge Suicides.........	thelordofhell	May 2012	#29
And What ???	WillyT	May 2012	#30
They can stop this	thelordofhell	May 2012	#52
And the safety devices would likely destroy some of	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#101
What's your point? Is the bridge any less	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#87
We still are good	johnd83	May 2012	#34
Red-headed step-child	gratuitous	May 2012	#35
oooo...Green with Envy	happerbolic	May 2012	#38
When I first moved to Portland . . .	gratuitous	May 2012	#73
What a great view of the St. Johns Bridge!	classof56	May 2012	#74
And they did it for one reason...	cherokeeprogressive	May 2012	#40
Funded by the B of A? How did you come to that conclusion?	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#54
Bank of Italy was renamed Band Of America one day before $35 million bond issue passed	Brother Buzz	May 2012	#106
That's absurd. The 'fledgling auto industry' was 30 years old when the bridge opened	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#61
Thanks for putting the record straight, Blue...	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#105
Actually, the Bay Bridge opened in 1936	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#123
True... East/West... But Not North/South...	WillyT	May 2012	#124
I was commenting on this statement by the other poster:	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#125
Ah... Gotcha...	WillyT	May 2012	#126
Even if we were still in the horse and buggy era,	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#103
And 11 of those men died. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	May 2012	#42
Even that is an amazing low number for this kind of dangerous project.	Bolo Boffin	May 2012	#92
Yeah, they sure were geniuses...	Archae	May 2012	#44
This message was self-deleted by its author	Shampoobra	May 2012	#53
Shit happens...back to the drawing board!	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#86
I walked across it Friday- I took my sister & her husband down there this evening for the events	NBachers	May 2012	#45
Looks photoshopped. nt	DCKit	May 2012	#55
What is wrong with some of you?	Brigid	May 2012	#59
It was a great prowess,	Mass	May 2012	#65
Many of the names of workers on the bridge are remembered...	Bluenorthwest	May 2012	#67
Thanks. Bluenorthwest.	Mass	May 2012	#80
We used to do the impossible	PatSeg	May 2012	#78
The Greatest Generation got shit done!	Odin2005	May 2012	#97
I was amazed at how quickly	PatSeg	May 2012	#104
No surprise there, PatSeg...the disappearance of the public consensus	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#108
The one thing a remember the most about	PatSeg	May 2012	#121
Well said, Odin! +1000!	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#107
Hell, we have DUers who are anti-NASA.	Odin2005	May 2012	#111
A big K&R for American workers and American ingenuity!	LongTomH	May 2012	#82
Wonder of the world...like Rachel says	Surya Gayatri	May 2012	#83
Big Gummit WORKS!	Odin2005	May 2012	#88
A Bridge to Somewhere!	ThoughtCriminal	May 2012	#94
This is where I find corporate America has no faith in our capability.	VPStoltz	May 2012	#114
expendable workers.	pansypoo53219	May 2012	#127
Are There Any Large Scale Projects That Are Death Free.. I Seriously Would Like To Know...	WillyT	May 2012	#128

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