Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 75th anniversary
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Golden Gate Bridge( Associated Press / May 4, 1936 )
This is a close-up of one of the nearly completed cables which would be used to hold up the floor of the $32,500,000 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, May 4, 1936. Approximately 27,500 steel wires are in each cable, which are 36 1/2 inches in diameter and 7,700 feet long. The bridge spans the entrance to San Francisco Harbor and joins the city with Marin County.
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