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Golden Gate Bridge builders ate special meals to prevent dizziness
1935
A man standing on the first cables during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, with the Presidio and San Francisco in the background.
Image: Underwood Archives/Getty Images
A perpetual monument that will make this city's name ring around the world and renew the magical fame which the Golden Gate enjoyed in the days of '49.
S.F. Examiner editorial, March 24, 1925
Nov. 1934
A freighter heads out to sea past the lone sentinel of the Marin Tower.
Image: Moulin/Underwood Archives/Getty Images
1935
Riveters at work in cages on the South Tower.
Image: Underwood Archives/Getty Images
Strong tides, swirling currents, deep water, strong winds and fog — engineers long argued that such conditions meant bridging the Golden Gate was either impossible or prohibitively expensive. But one engineer took a different view. Read more...
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