The Towers of Golden Gate Bridge
Clip: Season 16 | 2m 38s
The towers of the Golden Gate Bridge rise 745 feet into the air.
The first 745-foot tower began to rise in Nov. 1933. Prefabricated sections were fit into place and then joined together by four-man rivet gangs. The heater was the boss; he brought rivets to the right temperature on a small forge, then tossed them to catchers with metal cans.
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The Towers of Golden Gate Bridge
Clip: Season 16 | 2m 38s
The first 745-foot tower began to rise in Nov. 1933. Prefabricated sections were fit into place and then joined together by four-man rivet gangs. The heater was the boss; he brought rivets to the right temperature on a small forge, then tossed them to catchers with metal cans.
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