The Golden Gate Bridge by Charles River Editors (.ePUB)
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The Golden Gate Bridge: The History of San Francisco’s Most Famous Bridge by Charles River Editors
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Overview: To this Gate I give the name of ‘Chrysopylae,’ or Golden Gate, for the same reason that the harbor of Byzantium was called ‘Chrysoceras,’ or Golden Horn.” – Captain John C. Fremont, 1846
“[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
San Francisco has countless landmarks and tourist spots, but few are associated with the city as the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the modern world’s engineering marvels. The giant suspension bridge spans the San Francisco Bay, with a length of over 1.5 miles, a height of nearly 750 feet, and a width of around 100 feet.
While it is a beautiful and instantly recognizable landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge was also a very practical one born of necessity. After the California Gold Rush helped turn San Francisco into a destination site, connecting people on both sides of the beautiful Golden Gate Strait became vitally important. There was a consistent ferry service in the area, but the advent of automobiles made a bridge even more imperative. At the same time, no one in the world had ever successfully built a bridge as long as this one would be, and indeed, no one else would for another three decades after the Golden Gate Bridge opened.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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