30 Workers Fell While Building the Golden Gate Bridge

During the construction of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, the construction companies had a grim rule of thumb: one worker fatality for every million dollars spent.

[igotalife]

$35 million, 30 falls, 19 saves, 11 deaths, biggest suspension bridge at the time, good pay? I say it was the safest project of its time

[NicolaiXeno]

Golden Gate Bridge: *exists*
Every movie: *Nice bridge you got there, would be a shame if something happened to it.*

[Accrd]

The fact that you have battleships going under the bridge is just awesome!

[jshepard]

Ten of eleven workers who died in falls were killed on February 17, 1937 in the same event. A scaffold holding 12 men fell into the safety net, but the equipment was too heavy and the net gave way. Two out of twelve workers who fell that day survived, but ten died.

[vettekid]

The men that fell into the safety net that lived belonged to the "halfway to hell" club as it was known.

[willbradley]

"We need more women working these types of jobs" said no feminist ever.

[pinkfreud]

Even back then, 35 million for that huge ass bridge seems a bargain.

[taps]

Construction Worker, a job with such high risk of injuries/death and so physically straining yet to essential to the world. It deserves way more respect and appreciation, not only for the effort, but also the victims

[Kariakas]

Back when the US was building state of the art infrastructure. Those days are long gone.

[jimothycoob]

Imagine being in the safety net, must’ve been scary.

[tonyawilliams]

*I hope that they Memorialized those men's names on something connected to that thing? Those brave men who died working on that bridge deserve to be remembered throughout history. Put up some sort of metal plaque permanentally attacked to that bridge.*

[JR-gcel]

All the poor souls lost building this bridge and all the souls lost jumping from it.
Rest in peace.

[rumblegriff]

When you realize the Golden Gate Bridge was built in less time than the pharmacy behind my house

[zanelile]

I lived close to an old fellow, deaf he was, the man told me about working on the bridge, and showed me some of his pictures. I did enjoy talking to him - well mostly listening.Older people have a lot of knowledge, so listen.

[bigman]

I just think it’s amazing that such a feat was accomplished in the 1930’s. Crazy how advanced we already were nearly 100 years ago

[Liger._King]

I was looking forward to a full documentary.

[all-timealien]

My dumbass would probably find a way to accidentally fall off the thing when standing in the middle of the completely road

[THEGamer-bedd]

I still would've died from a heart attack, even if I landed in the net

[RavagHer]

Wow they managed to build that in 3 years!?!? Current construction of minor shit like road construction, pipe replacement, new overpass or roads take fucking forever now. It took 2 years for just a small apt to be built in the city yet these ppl back then with less technology was able to build a huge fucking bridge in 3!?!?

[shekels]

They should engrave the names of the brave men who lost their lives building the future on each entrance to the bridge