Golden Gate Bridge Workers Memorial - San Francisco, CA
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DougK
N 37° 48.480 W 122° 28.599
10S E 546068 N 4184641
The plaque memorializes the lives of the eleven worked killed during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMBC3T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2011
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During the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge a circus-style safety net was suspended under the floor of the bridge to catch any construction worked who might fall. This net saved the lives of 19 men who became known as the "Half-Way-to-Hell-Club".
Eleven men died during construction of the bridge in two separate accidents. On Feb 17, 1937, a 5-ton platform carrying twelve men went into the safety net. Had it been just the twelve men who fell into the net, all would probably have survived. Two men did survive the 200-foot fall into the cold Pacific waters. Up to that time only one other death had occurred in the four years of construction.
The plaque reads:
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MEMORIAL
For forty-four months out of a total construction period of
fifty-two tragedy passed the Golden Gate Bridge by. Then death
struck twice claiming the lives of eleven builders of the bridge.
Here in memory of their tragic passing, we inscribe their names
so that posterity may know how much they rendered.
Died October 21, 1936
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Kermit Moore
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San Francisco
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O.A. Anderson
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San Francisco
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Chris Anderson
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San Francisco
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William Bass
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San Francisco
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Orrill Desper
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San Francisco
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Fred Dummatzen
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San Francisco
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Terence Hallinan
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San Francisco
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Eldridge Hillen
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San Francisco
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Charles Lindros
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San Francisco
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Jack Norman
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San Francisco
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Louis Russell
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San Francisco
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To these dead who made the supreme sacrifice, we the living
pay tribute for their contribution to California and that
which she has achieved. They gave their all. None could give more.
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