PowerPoint Show by Andrew

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PowerPoint Show by Andrew
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Before 1937, San Francisco was hampered by a
reliance on ferry traffic. The 8,981 ft (2,737
m) suspension bridge changed that, creating a
link between San Francisco to Marin County.
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Before the bridge -- Fort Point in the
foreground, looking across the Golden
gate (the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to
the Pacific Ocean), toward Marin County
to the north, in 1910.
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Construction underway on a pylon
on the south shore of the
Golden Gate Bridge project, 1933.
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Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge 1933.
A trestle reaches out from the San Francisco
shore to the foundation of the north tower.
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Work progresses on the Golden Gate
Bridge, as seen in 1934.
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Workers complete the catwalks for the
Golden Gate Bridge, hundreds of feet
above the strait below, prior to spinning the
bridge cables during construction on
October 25, 1935.
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The Golden Gate bridge, during its
construction in May of 1936.
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The Golden Gate Bridge, nearly
complete on November 12, 1936.
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The Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrians
on May 27, 1937. The next day it officially
opened to vehicular traffic.
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Traffic from Marin County en
route to San Francisco.
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View of Marin County, from the top of the
southern tower, prior to 1968.
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Motor traffic crosses the
Golden Gate Bridge 1951.
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One of the cable seats, atop the south
tower, prior to 1968.
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As thousands of people jam the deck of the
Golden Gate Bridge during a bridge walk,
one person walks across the span 220 feet above
the San Francisco Bay, on May 24, 1987.
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A crowd estimated at 800,000 jams the deck of
the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, on
May 24, 1987, part of the celebrations of the
50th anniversary of the bridge.
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The Golden Gate Bridge, as the sun
rises over San Francisco, on January
27, 2005.
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Cars drive northbound on the Golden Gate
Bridge, on May, 8, 2008.
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A dreary day view of the Golden Gate
Bridge, on February 16, 2009.
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A man takes in the view of the fog-shrouded
Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin
Headlands in Sausalito, California, on September
24, 2008.
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A cargo ship passes through San
Francisco Bay at sunrise.
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A man looks over the railing of the Golden Gate
Bridge, on January 27, 2005.
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A suicide prevention message on the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco California, 2006. More
people die by suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge
than at any other site in the world.
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An exhibit of shoes in remembrance of
people who have jumped from the Golden
Gate Bridge is displayed during a commemoration
of the bridge's 75th anniversary on May
27, 2012, in San Francisco.
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The Russian tall ship Pallada sails under
the Golden Gate Bridge during the opening
of the Sail San Francisco 2005 International
Maritime Festival, on July 28, 2005.
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The Golden Gate Bridge, seen from the
third tee of the Lake Course at the
Olympic Club in San Francisco, on March 19, 2012.
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The Queen Mary 2 sails beneath the
Golden Gate Bridge as it enters the
harbor in San Francisco, on February 4, 2007.
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The Golden Gate Bridge, lit at dusk,
seen from Fort Point in San
Francisco, on February 4, 2009.
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San Francisco, the bay, and the Golden
Gate Bridge, seen from orbit aboard the
International Space Station, on November 6, 2010.
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High-power lights illuminate the Golden Gate
Bridge as part of the span's 75th anniversary
celebration in San Francisco, on May 27, 2012.
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Fireworks erupt from the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco, California,
on May 27, 2012.