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"Bringing Up Father" (02/17/37) by George McManus

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Title: "Bringing Up Father" (02/17/37) by George McManus
Artist: George McManus (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Comic Strip
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 519
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Added to Site: 4/23/2016
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February 17, 1937:

In February 1937, with three months to completion, only one worker had died on the Golden Gate Bridge construction project. That was a stunning number when at the time, the norm was one death for every $1 million of cost -- the Golden Gate was a $35 million project.

The company also spent $125,000, a huge sum of money at the time, on a safety net to catch workers in a fall. That net saved the lives of 19 men, who later formed the Half-Way to Hell club.

On Feb. 17, 1937 a heavy section of scaffolding holding 12 men crashed into the net and shredded it.

There were 13 men affected by this. One man hung onto a beam (with his pipe still in his mouth by the way), until the rescued him. Twelve plunged into the bay, two were saved, 10 died.

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