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Last week San Francisco and Oakland commemorated the bridge's half-century with a modest parade and reminiscences of the rise of the world's longest steel high-level span. Said John Kergel, 79, who worked on the project that took three years and 29 lives: "It was the Depression...
A recent engineering report says the bridge is "functioning with marginal, decayed components" and that "rehabilitation must be undertaken." Even an untutored eye can see the sag of the long wooden trusses that hold the roadway high above the water. Graton's eye is hardly untutored, though; he is the...
Despite her little learning, Ellen is something of a student of the language. She ponders little oddities of British speech: "I wonder why everything always has to be nice, a nice cup of tea, a nice plate of bread and butter." Not surprisingly, the term brothel attracts her attention: "That...
The people on the bridges above recognize theCrimson color, and cheer the boat on--anunfamiliar but welcomed sound.
At the end of the Powerhouse, the boat is wellinto its second mile. The coxswain has the task ofguiding the crew through a series of difficultturns. His voice echoes as the boat passes underthe bridges. A familiar sound.