Exploring the History of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco CA
By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
On January 5, 1933, construction on the 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages began. The job went to a Chicago-based engineer named Joseph Strauss, a drawbridge builder who believed he could complete the grand-scale project between $25 to $30 million. Mr. Stauss's team consisted of Leon S. Moisseiff, who submitted a plan that scrapped the original hybrid design in favor of a suspension span capable of moving more than two feet laterally to withstand strong winds. Irving F. Morrow was responsible for the art deco towers, and later decided on a paint color he dubbed “international orange.” Charles Ellis worked out the complex engineering equations as the primary structural designer. He was fired before construction began and didn’t receive proper credit unti...
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