Editing Golden Gate Bridge (section)

===Construction===
Construction began on January 5, 1933.<ref name="two"/> The project cost more than $35&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/bridge/gate_2.html |title=Bridging the Bay: Bridges That Never Were |publisher=UC Berkeley Library |access-date=February 19, 2007}}</ref> (${{format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|35000000|r=-7|1935}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars{{Inflation-fn|US-GDP}}), and was completed ahead of schedule and $1.3 million under budget (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|1.3|1935|r=1|fmt=c}} million in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=72 years ago today, iconic Golden Gate Bridge finished construction ahead of schedule & $1.3 million under budget |url=https://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/72-years-ago-today-iconic-golden-gate-bridge-finished-construction-ahead-schedule-13-million |date=May 27, 2009 |access-date=April 10, 2013}}</ref>
The Golden Gate Bridge construction project was carried out by the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., a subsidiary of [[Bethlehem Steel Corporation]] founded by Howard H. McClintic and Charles D. Marshall, both of [[Lehigh University]].

[[File:Golden Gate Bridge Rivet 1937.jpg|thumb|An original [[rivet]] replaced during the seismic retrofit after the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]]. A total of 1.2 million steel rivets hold the bridge's two towers together.]]

Strauss remained head of the project, overseeing day-to-day construction and making some groundbreaking contributions. A graduate of the [[University of Cincinnati]], he placed a brick from his alma mater's demolished McMicken Hall in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured.

Strauss also innovated the use of movable safety netting beneath the men working, which saved many lives. Nineteen men saved by the nets over the course of the project formed the [[Half Way to Hell Club]]. Nonetheless, eleven men were killed in falls, ten on February 17, 1937, when a scaffold (secured by undersized bolts) with twelve men on it fell into and broke through the safety net; two of the twelve survived the {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=on}} fall into the water.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Life On The American Newsfront: Ten Men Fall To Death From Golden Gate Bridge |magazine=Life |pages=20–21 |date=March 1, 1937 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://goldengatebridge.org/research/facts.php#HalfwayHell |title=Frequently Asked Questions about the Golden Gate Bridge |publisher=Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-date=November 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105064349/http://goldengatebridge.org/research/facts.php#HalfwayHell |url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- to do: review contributions of others, design approval and adoption -->

The [[Round House Café]] [[diner]] was then included in the southeastern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, adjacent to the tourist plaza which was renovated in 2012.<ref name=King>
{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-s-plaza-flawed-but-workable-3585446.php |title=Golden Gate Bridge's Plaza Flawed but Workable |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=May 25, 2012 |first=John |last=King}}</ref> The Round House Café, an Art Deco design by [[Alfred Finnila]] completed in 1938, has been popular throughout the years as a starting point for various commercial tours of the bridge and an unofficial gift shop.<ref name=Kligman>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgecurrents.com/2012/05/25/from-sea-to-shining-sea-pge%E2%80%99s-earley-joins-tribute-to-golden-gate-bridge/ |title=From Sea to Shining Sea: PG&E's Earley Joins Tribute to Golden Gate Bridge |work=Currents |publisher=[[Pacific Gas and Electric|PG&E]] |date=May 25, 2012 |first=David |last=Kligman |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022021855/https://www.pgecurrents.com/2012/05/25/from-sea-to-shining-sea-pge%E2%80%99s-earley-joins-tribute-to-golden-gate-bridge/ }}</ref> The diner was renovated in 2012<ref name=King/> and the gift shop was then removed as a new, official gift shop has been included in the adjacent plaza.<ref name=Kligman/>

During the bridge work, the Assistant Civil Engineer of California [[Alfred Finnila]] had overseen the entire iron work of the bridge as well as half of the bridge's road work.<ref>San Francisco Examiner. May 27, 1982. No. 147, p. 2. ''Golden Gate Bridge''&nbsp;– 45th anniversary of completion.</ref>

==== Contributors ====
Plaque of the major contributors to the Golden Gate Bridge lists contractors, engineering-staff, directors and officers:<ref>{{Citation |last=Castaldo |first=Gaetano |title=Plaque of the major Contributors to the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA |date=October 24, 2013 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanzeus/11272591214/ |access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> 
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'''Contractors'''

* Foundations - [[Pacific Bridge Company]]
* Anchorages - [[Barrett & Hilp]]
* Structural steel - Main span - [[Bethlehem Steel|Bethlehem Steel Company Incorporated]]
* Approach steel - J.H. Pomeroy & Company Incorporated - Raymond Concrete Pile Company
* Cables - [[John A. Roebling's Sons Company]]
* Electrical work - Alta Electric and Mechanical Company Incorporated
* Bridge deck - Pacific Bridge Company
* Presidio Approach Roads and Viaducts - Easton & Smith
* Toll Plaza - Barrett & Hilp

'''Engineering staff'''

* Chief engineer - Joseph B. Strauss
* Principal assistant engineer - Clifford E. Paine
* Resident engineer - Russell Cone
* Assistant engineer - Charles Clarahan Jr., Dwight N. Wetherell
* Consulting engineer - O.H. Ammann, Charles Derleth Jr., Leon S. Moisseiff
* Consulting traffic engineer - Sydney W. Taylor Jr.
* Consulting architect - Irving F. Morrow
* Consulting geologist - Andrew C. Lawson, Allan E. Sedgwick

'''Directors'''

* San Francisco - William P. Filmer, Richard J. Welch, Warren Shannon, Hugo D. Newhouse, Arthur M. Brown Jr., John P. McLaughlin, William D. Hadeler, C.A. Henry, Francis V. Keesling, William P. Stanton, George T. Cameron
* Marin County - Robert H. Trumbull, Harry Lutgens
* Napa County - Thomas Maxwell
* Sonoma County - Frank P. Doyle, Joseph A. McMinn
* Mendocino County - A. R. O'Brien
* Del Norte County - Henry Westbrook Jr., Milton M. McVay

'''Officers'''

* President - William P. Filmer
* Vice President - Robert H. Trumbull
* General manager - James Reed, Alan McDonald
* Chief engineer - Joseph B. Strauss
* Secretary - W. W. Felt Jr.
* Auditor - Roy S. West, John R. Ruckstell
* Attorney - George H. Harlan
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