The Golden Gate Bridge is a marvel of engineering. It connects San Francisco to Marin County. Its construction started in January 1933, ending the era of ferry services. This iconic landmark ...

"It was never just a job to me. I loved the work." In the era of the Golden Gate Bridge's construction, workmen knew a grim rule of thumb: on average, one worker would be killed for every million ...

Operating in one of America's busiest ports, local shippers fretted that bridge construction would negatively affect their businesses. Golden Gate Ferries, owned by Southern Pacific, California's ...

Historian Michael Beschloss reminds us that construction on San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge began today in 1933, in the depths of the Depression. The Golden Gate Bridge took four years ...

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The San Francisco cliffside home where comedian and actor Robin Williams and his then-wife Marsha Garces Williams raised ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...