24 January, 2012

The Golden Gate Bridge 1933-1937


FROM MR SALEEM MALIK


  



Building the Golden Gate Bridge 1933-1937


The Golden Gate Bridge, an architectural wonder and American icon, was opened on May 27, 1937. It had taken four years and over $35 million to build and the chief engineer overseeing its construction, Joseph Strauss wrote an appropriately titled poem to commemorate its opening: "The Mighty Task is Done."
































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