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Surya Gayatri

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83. Wonder of the world...like Rachel says
Mon May 28, 2012, 03:24 PM
May 2012

in her MSNBC ad: "Where are these kinds of great undertakings today?"

It's so symbolically beautiful that it takes your breath away. Here, in honor of 75 years:

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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