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'''View of San Francisco and Bay Bridge from canoe, 1996.'''
'''View of San Francisco and Bay Bridge from canoe, 1996.'''
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''Video: Chris Carlsson''
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'''A 1937 16'42" film sponsored by U.S. Steel about the building of the Bay Bridge'''
'''A 1937 16'42" film sponsored by U.S. Steel about the building of the Bay Bridge'''
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Revision as of 17:06, 28 August 2014

Unfinished History

Soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg

Aerial view of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge under construction in 1935. The old Key System "mole" where trains met ferries is visible beneath the eastern span near top of photo.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA


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Bay Bridge west span under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


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Iconic image of bridge construction, 1935.

Photo: Peter Stackpole, courtesy Oakland Museum of California


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East span under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


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Workers on the Bay Bridge in 1935.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA


Nov-12-1936-bay-bridge-dedication-w-pedestrians.jpg

November 12, 1936, San Franciscan pedestrians enjoy the bridge on Opening Day.

Opening day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Nov 12 1936 AAD-2287.jpg

Opening Day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, November 12, 1936.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library


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Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter

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Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter


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View of San Francisco and Bay Bridge from canoe, 1996.

Video: Chris Carlsson

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A 1937 16'42" film sponsored by U.S. Steel about the building of the Bay Bridge

Source: Prelinger Archives

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