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malaise

(294,522 posts) Sun May 27, 2012, 05:26 PM May 2012

Who built the Golden Gate Bridge? [View all]

Last edited Sun May 27, 2012, 08:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Celebrate San Francisco!! Celebrate government infrastructure for the social good.
Back in the day private enterprise joined forces with the government for the good of all.

75 years and going strong

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Who built the Golden Gate Bridge? [View all] malaise May 2012 OP

Was it... pinboy3niner May 2012 #1

Cracking up here malaise May 2012 #7

And a great riff by WillyT in #6 pinboy3niner May 2012 #8

built in four years and four months!!! spanone May 2012 #2

In 1930 voters passed a bond issue. Gregorian May 2012 #3

"At the end of forty years, the bridge becomes a free bridge and reverts for operation to the State" TahitiNut May 2012 #10

The McClintic-Marshall Construction Co.; a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #4

I always assumed, like the pyramids, it was aliens. Robb May 2012 #5

Rachel Maddow Is An ALIEN ??? WillyT May 2012 #6

Haaaaaaaa! malaise May 2012 #11

According to the History Channel Kaleva May 2012 #9

A bunch of underpaid guys who went home with sore backs. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #12