. Architect and engineer. COMPLETED MARIN PIER, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE cubic yards of concrete required. Cost of pier $405,000. Reading from left to rigfit—James Reed, General Manager; C. F. Paine, Principal Assistant Chief Engineer of Strauss Corp.; James Graham and Russell G. Cone. Resident Engineer of the Strauss Corporation. FEATURING PROGRESS WORK ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE San Francisco to Marin County, California ^ 41 ?. DRAWING OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE—ONE AND ONE-FIFTH MILES LONi SIX MONTHS WORK SEES GOLDEN GATEBRIDGE 7% COMPLETED by JAMES REED General Manager, Golden Gate Bridgeand Hi
. Architect and engineer. COMPLETED MARIN PIER, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE cubic yards of concrete required. Cost of pier $405,000. Reading from left to rigfit—James Reed, General Manager; C. F. Paine, Principal Assistant Chief Engineer of Strauss Corp.; James Graham and Russell G. Cone. Resident Engineer of the Strauss Corporation. FEATURING PROGRESS WORK ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE San Francisco to Marin County, California ^ 41 ?. DRAWING OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE—ONE AND ONE-FIFTH MILES LONi SIX MONTHS WORK SEES GOLDEN GATEBRIDGE 7% COMPLETED by JAMES REED General Manager, Golden Gate Bridgeand Highway District A. .FTER approximatelysix months, during which actual construc-tion has been under way, the Golden GateBridge at San Francisco, world s longestsingle span suspension bridge, stood sevenper cent completed as of July 1, 1933. Preliminary construction, before exca-vations for the piers and anchorages couldbe undertaken, was commenced in Decem-ber. 1932. This work involved the buildingof trestles, roadways and docks for thehandling of materials and equipment and in itself presented numerous interestingengineering features. On the Marin county side of the GoldenGate it was necessary to build a roadway,with heavy temporary bridge structuresalong the base of the cliff from the approx-imate location of the Fort Baker militarydock to the north pier site, just west of thelight house at Lime Point. At Fort Point, on
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