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How Long Will the Golden Gate Bridge Last?
The Golden Gate Bridge, with its fiery orange towers and suspension cables gleaming against the California sky, isn’t just a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How Did the Golden Gate Bridge Get Its Name? The Origin of San Francisco’s Iconic Landmark
The Golden Gate Bridge’s name isn’t from the Gold Rush. It actually comes from the Golden Gate Strait. Explorer John C. Frémont named it in the mid-1800s. The term “Golden Gate” means a ...