In the battle royale between landmark San Francisco bridges , the Golden Gate will probably always get the glory . But after seventy years , its babe dyad to the eastward is coming into its own . The Bay Bridge : A workplace in Progressis an coming expo at the city ’s De Young Museum that chronicles the other twenty-four hour period of building from 1933 to 1936 .
The majority of the show is comprised of images fromPeter Stackpole , a staff lensman for Life powder store who was known for his guessing of California . Here , we see a special breed of documentation that ’s never not amazing : Workers make out with super structure . There ’s something about black-market - and - white swell stone cold chillin ’ on precarious cables and I - beams in front of a fuzzy apparent horizon that is just too cool .
https://gizmodo.com/21-views-of-workers-struggling-with-megastructures-1477078496
The Bay Bridge : A oeuvre in Progresswill be at the De Young from February 1st through June 8th . In the meantime , scroll down and ponder whether you ’d have the bowel to go to such great heights .
Gallows frames dot the catwalk as cable spinning begins between towers W2 and W3 by Peter Stackpole , ca . 1936 .
Bay Bridge , Eastern Span Under Construction , March 22 , 1936 .
Bay Bridge Construction by George Booth Post , ca . 1934
Overview of Cable Spinning Operation by Peter Stackpole , 1935
rivetter Without Safety Belt finish Off a Tower Plate by Peter Stackpole , 1935
Pay Day ( Hank Dennington and others on payday at the paymaster shanty locate a the base of tower W2 ) by Peter Stackpole , 1934
A right fitted out Bridgeman with Hard Hat , Heavy Gloves , Spiked Wrenches , and Safety Line by Peter Stackpole , 1935
Iconic image of bridge construction , 1935 . exposure : Peter Stackpole .
Workers advert above the bridge . ikon viaSan Francisco Images .
The Raised Bridge by Dong Kingman , ca . 1934
Aerial view of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge under construction in 1935 . Photo : San Francisco History Center , San Francisco Public Library , San Francisco , CA
Bay Bridge due west span under mental synthesis , 1935 . photograph : Joseph Marty / FoundSF .
Lead image : Untitled ( cable spinning , Telegraph Hill in the background ) by Peter Stackpole , 1936
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