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Презентация, доклад на тему The Golden Gate Bridge Материал можно использовать в качестве дополнительного по теме The United States of America.
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- 1. The Golden Gate Bridge Материал можно использовать в качестве дополнительного по теме The United States of America.
- 2. Important Dates1920: A feasibility Study recommends construction
- 3. February 1933: Anchorages are completedJune 1935: The
- 4. Official Pedestrian Day: May 27, 1937Bridge opens for traffic:May 28, 1937
- 5. Spanning the Golden GateThe entrance to San
- 6. Project Management Before the Manhattan ProjectJames ReedGeneral ManagerJoseph StraussChief Engineer
- 7. Joseph Strauss: Chief Engineer
- 8. Strauss the ManRudeShort-temperedArrogantLabeled ‘brilliant bully’ by his
- 9. ScopeBuild a bridge spanning the Golden Gate -Must be tall enough for ships to pass underneath.
- 10. TimeThere was no real set timetable; managers ensured the project progressed as quickly as possible.
- 11. Cost$73,000,000
- 12. Financial Facts$35 million in bonds$38 million in
- 13. To Build a BridgeStrauss spent three years
- 14. Black Wednesday: February 17, 1937A scaffold slipped
- 15. The Net$120,000 Safety net suspended 60 feet below the road surface: nineteen men saved
- 16. The ‘Halfway to Hell’ ClubNineteen official members,
- 17. Fort PointLocated directly under south end of
- 18. Records held by the Bridge
- 19. Golden Gate Fun FactsRiveting crew held unofficial
- 20. ReferencesBarter, James. The Golden Gate Bridge. San
Important Dates1920: A feasibility Study recommends construction of the Golden Gate Bridge1923: The State Legislature Passes the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Act of California into Law1930: Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer submits his final plans
Слайд 1The Golden Gate Bridge
Презентация по теме “The United States of America”
Авторы: 11й класс, МБОУ СОШ, Чехов, Холмский район.
Слайд 2Important Dates
1920: A feasibility Study recommends construction of the Golden Gate
Bridge
1923: The State Legislature Passes the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Act of California into Law
1930: Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer submits his final plans for the bridge
January 5, 1933: Construction of the bridge begins
1923: The State Legislature Passes the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Act of California into Law
1930: Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer submits his final plans for the bridge
January 5, 1933: Construction of the bridge begins
Слайд 3February 1933: Anchorages are completed
June 1935: The towers are completed
March 1936:
The suspension cables are completed
April 1937: The deck surface is completed
April 1937: The deck surface is completed
Слайд 5Spanning the Golden Gate
The entrance to San Francisco Bay was named
the ‘Golden Gate’ by early settlers
One mile wide gap
60 Mph wind tunnel like gusts of wind for much of the year
2.5 Million cubic feet of water per second pass through the Golden Gate
Currents
Earthquakes
One mile wide gap
60 Mph wind tunnel like gusts of wind for much of the year
2.5 Million cubic feet of water per second pass through the Golden Gate
Currents
Earthquakes
Слайд 6Project Management Before the Manhattan Project
James Reed
General Manager
Joseph Strauss
Chief Engineer
Слайд 8Strauss the Man
Rude
Short-tempered
Arrogant
Labeled ‘brilliant bully’ by his peers
-Strauss thought big. His
graduate thesis proposed a 50 mile long bridge across the Bering Strait that would connect Siberia and Alaska.
Слайд 9Scope
Build a bridge spanning the Golden Gate
-Must be tall enough for
ships to pass underneath.
Слайд 10Time
There was no real set timetable; managers ensured the project progressed
as quickly as possible.
Слайд 12Financial Facts
$35 million in bonds
$38 million in interest
Bridge completely paid off
on June 30, 1971
Bridge completely paid for by tolls
No state or federal money went into the bridge
Bank of America extended a $5 million line of credit to the bridge project
People put up their homes, farms and businesses as collateral for the bridge to generate the $35 million in bond issue
Presently, bridge still operates only with money collected from tolls
Bridge completely paid for by tolls
No state or federal money went into the bridge
Bank of America extended a $5 million line of credit to the bridge project
People put up their homes, farms and businesses as collateral for the bridge to generate the $35 million in bond issue
Presently, bridge still operates only with money collected from tolls
Слайд 13To Build a Bridge
Strauss spent three years researching his first design
He
assembled a team of engineers to create the final design
Strauss expected that three dozen workers would die during the construction, about one for every one million dollars spent on the construction
11 deaths occurred
Strauss expected that three dozen workers would die during the construction, about one for every one million dollars spent on the construction
11 deaths occurred
Слайд 14Black Wednesday: February 17, 1937
A scaffold slipped off the bridge and
through the protective netting below, taking ten men to their deaths.
Слайд 16The ‘Halfway to Hell’ Club
Nineteen official members, some jumped for fun
Named
by tabloids looking for a story
First official member hit the ground as well, broke four vertebrae
First official member hit the ground as well, broke four vertebrae
Слайд 17Fort Point
Located directly under south end of bridge
Historians and the community
in general protested to preserve the fort
Слайд 18Records held by the Bridge (in 1937)
Longest
bridge
Tallest free standing structure in the world (over 740 feet)
Tallest free standing structure in the world (over 740 feet)
Слайд 19Golden Gate Fun Facts
Riveting crew held unofficial speed contests; they sometimes
threw red-hot rivets distances of 70 feet or more
80,000 miles of pencil diameter steel cable in bridge
Steel for the bridge was made in Pennsylvania and ‘shipped’ to California via the Panama Canal
$75,000 paid in tolls each day
A gold rivet was hammered into place to celebrate the completion of the bridge
‘International Orange’
Blind woman and guide dog the first pedestrians ever to cross the bridge
1.25 billion cars have crossed bridge since ’37
Each anchorage weighs as much as 17,000 elephants
80,000 miles of pencil diameter steel cable in bridge
Steel for the bridge was made in Pennsylvania and ‘shipped’ to California via the Panama Canal
$75,000 paid in tolls each day
A gold rivet was hammered into place to celebrate the completion of the bridge
‘International Orange’
Blind woman and guide dog the first pedestrians ever to cross the bridge
1.25 billion cars have crossed bridge since ’37
Each anchorage weighs as much as 17,000 elephants
Слайд 20References
Barter, James. The Golden Gate Bridge. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.
Van
Der Zee, John. The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.
www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html
www.goldengatebridge.org
www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html
www.goldengatebridge.org
