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1November 2021

The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

By |November 1st, 2021|Categories: Tuesday Tidbits|3 Comments

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of California. Initially designed by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss in 1917, the Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco and Marin County and spans the Golden Gate Strait, which separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean ...

28October 2021

The Hartford Center Collapse

By |October 28th, 2021|Categories: Friday Famous Failures|18 Comments

On the evening of 18 January 1978, nearly 5,000 spectators watched a basketball game in the three-year-old Hartford Center. It was the jewel of an urban renewal program in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and boasted the largest single span of roof ever lifted into place as a complete unit. The roof was an engineering marvel ...