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Golden Gate Bridge suicide nets have been up for nearly a year. Are they effective?
An ambulance would radio from the Golden Gate Bridge, reporting that someone had jumped from the rail — and miraculously survived. At MarinHealth Medical Center, doctors would marshal all ...
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Men Who Built the Bridge
It took much more than a clever engineer and a relentless promoter to build the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge effort enlisted men by the hundreds to do the filthy, back-breaking, and routinely ...
Smithsonian Magazine29d
The Golden Gate Bridge Was a Dream That Turned Into a Depression-Era Nightmare for the 11 Men Who Died During Its Construction
The building of the iconic “industry orange” landmark began on this day in 1933 Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge was an immense project with an ...
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Spinning the Cables
The Golden Gate Bridge's builders introduced many innovations, but perhaps the most impressive was the precise and efficient technique they used to construct the massive cables. The bridge's ...
U.S. News & World Report13d
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...