Download or read book Carquinez Strait Bridge written by Carquinez Bridge Company and published by . This book was released on 1923* with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Al Zampa And the Bay Area Bridges written by John V. Robinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the commuters who daily cross the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge do not know much about its namesake. Yet Alfred Zampa (1905-2000) lived a remarkable life that touched not only the bridge named in his honor, but many of the other bridges around the Bay Area. An active ironworker from 1925 on, he typified a worker who was hardy and tough, but with the skill to perform extremely precise work under hazardous conditions. He often worked hundreds of feet above the San Francisco Bay with only the spindliest of support, and he fell from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936. Caught by the safety net, he became a charter member of the ultra-exclusive "Halfway to Hell" club. Zampa died at the age of 95, six weeks after attending the groundbreaking of his namesake Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, the only bridge named in honor of a building tradesman. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
Download or read book Spanning the Carquinez Strait written by Bart Ney and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Construction Report Carquinez Strait Bridge Superstructure Contract written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carquinez Bridge 1927 2007 written by John V. Robinson and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 21, 1927 the Carquinez Bridge opened to traffic between Crockett and Vallejo, California. Just a few miles north of San Francisco, the Carquinez Bridge was the longest highway bridge in the world when it opened. It was also the first bridge across any part of the San Francisco Bay. The reason you have never heard of this magnificent bridge is because its opening was upstaged by Charles Lindbergh's landing in Paris! For most of its working life the Carquinez Bridge lived in the shadow of its more famous siblings: the Oakland Bay Bridge and the mighty Golden Gate Bridge. Still, the Carquinez Bridge was an engineering triumph. Designed by the great engineer David Steinman, the mighty Carquinez was built using new construction techniques and was the first bridge to use earthquake buffers in the design. A second twin Bridge was opened in 1958 and third replacement bridge was opened in 2003. From 2005 through 2007 the old bridge was deconstructed in reverse order of its construction. In this book John V. Robinson takes readers on a photographic journey through time as he documents the birth, life, and death of one of America's great bridges.
Download or read book Carquinez Bridge Project Replace retrofit the Westbound I 80 Between Cummings Skyway and CA 29 Contra Costa County Solano County written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report Upon the Proposed Construction of the Carquinez Strait Bridge and the Antioch Sherman Island Bridge by the American Toll Bridge Company written by C. L. Cory and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigation and Report on Toll Bridges in the State of California written by California. Highway Commission and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Statement Relating to Carquinez Strait Bridges Toll Bridge Revenue Bonds written by California. Toll Bridge Authority and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design of Substructure of Carquinez Strait Bridge written by Jacob Feld and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa A Life Building Bridges written by Isabelle Maynard & John V. Robinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Zampa didn't know what he was getting into when he look a construction job in 1925 on the Carquinez Bridge, one of the first to cross San Francisco Kay. Despite the risk, Zampa relished the challenge and embarked 011 an illustrious career that made him a local legend. His impressive feats of iron craft are evident in numerous spans, including the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, as well as others across the country. He was one of the first to survive a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge, making him a founding member of the Halfway to Hell Club in 1936. The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, named to honor the man after his death, replaced the first bridge he had named on nearly eighty years earlier. This remarkable story of skill, grit is told through oral histories collected by John Robinson Isabelle Maynard. Book jacket.
Download or read book Gateway to the Inland Coast written by Andrew Neal Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Erection of Carquinez Strait Bridge written by William Kenneth Greene and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Carquinez Strait Resource Plan written by Carquinez Strait Resources Coordinating Council and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Statement 75 000 000 Carquinez Strait Bridges Refunding Toll Bridge Revenue Bonds written by California. Toll Bridge Authority and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design Studies for Additional Capacity at the Carquinez Strait Bridge written by California. Bridge Department and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
