The Bay Bridge (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (895 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738529702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A book worth reading." according to cookie monster. Having worked on the bay bridge this book was an excelent source of information from the beginning transportaion in the area to day.. Great photographs, weak history AReam This book provides an historically detailed and accurate summary of the photographic record of the building of the San Francisco- Oakland bridge. The authors made great efforts to acccurately document and describe the contents of each reproduced photograph, and are careful in defining sources.Unfortunately, there is no comparable t. The Bay Bridge Another great book in the Images of America. As always, photos and info areexactly what I was looking for in the product.
About the Author Transport historian Paul C. Trimble, with John C. Alioto Jr., tells the impressive story of the bridge’s construction, using more than 200 rare photographs and conceptual drawings.
. Transport historian Paul C. Alioto Jr., tells the impressive story of the bridge’s construction, using more than 200 rare photographs and conceptual drawings. Trimble, with John C
President Herbert Hoover, who was also an engineer, took up the cause, and the $80.8-million project began in 1933. Envisioned first in 1872 by the legendary Emperor Norton, the project finally coalesced in the 1920s, although initial studies concluded that the bridge could not be built due to the bay’s deep muddy waters and the area’s strong earthquakes. Roughly 6,500 workers built this amazing bridge, and 12 lost their lives in the process.. It would replace an extensive set of ferries and forever alter the landscape and commerce of the Bay Area. Over the next three years and four months, the underwater and above-water construction continued day and night, with 152,000 tons of steel, a million cubic yards of concrete, more than 70,000 miles of cable strands, and 200,000 gallons of paint. The Bay Bridge combines suspension, cantilever, tunnel, and truss constructions in an astonishing 8.4-mile-long structure