Although suggested as early as the late 1800s, the Golden Gate Bridge was not seriously considered until the 1920s. In 1921, Joseph Strauss was the lead architect for the bridge, with contributions ...
NMAH copy 39088019917343 Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During the construction of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, the construction companies had a grim rule of thumb: one worker fatality for ...