The ambitious project finally had its green light. Conflict Strauss alienated many people in his quest to build the structure — his first suspension bridge.
Obsessed with claiming credit as the span's creator, he minimized the acknowledgement given to Charles Ellis and Leon Moissieff, the two visionaries who actually worked out the significant engineering challenges of building the bridge. Strauss' detractors blocked a statue of the chief engineer proposed for the bridge plaza; his widow would eventually fund its creation in , inscribing it, "Joseph B.
Crisis During the bridge's construction, Strauss started to feel unwell, both mentally and physically. He disappeared for more than six months -- causing rumors to spread that he had suffered a nervous breakdown.
During this time, Strauss divorced his longtime wife and married a young singer, many years his junior. Completion On May 27, , the bridge opened to the public. Returning to his other great love, poetry, Strauss composed verse for the occasion, exulting, "At last, the mighty task is done. Exhausted, Strauss moved to Arizona to recover. Within a year, he would die of a stroke. Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America.
Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today. I n the summer of , hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. To north, the Redwood Empire's gates; 'To south, a happy playground waits, in Rapturous appeal; Here nature, free since time began, Yields to the restless moods of man, Accepts his bonds of steel. Launched midst a thousand hopes and fears, Damned by a thousand hostile sneers, Yet ne'er its course was stayed, But ask of those who met the foe Who stood alone when faith was low, Ask them the price they paid.
Ask of the steel, each strut and wire, Ask of the searching, purging fire, That marked their natal hour; Ask of the mind, the hand, the heart, Ask of each single, stalwart part, What gave it force and power.
An Honored cause and nobly fought And that which they so bravely wrought, Now glorifies their deed, No selfish urge shall stain its life, Nor envy, greed, intrigue, nor strife, Nor false, ignoble creed. High overhead its lights shall gleam, Far, far below life's restless stream, Unceasingly shall flow; For this was spun its lithe fine form, To fear not war, nor time, nor storm, For Fate had meant it so.
I am the thing that men denied, The right to be, the urge to live; And I am that which men defied, Yet I ask naught for what I give. My arms are flung across the deep, Into the clouds my towers soar, And where the waters never sleep, I guard the California shore. Above the fogs of scorn and doubt, Triumphant gleams my web of steel; Still shall I ride the wild storms out, And still the thrill of conquest feel.
The passing world may never know The epic of my grim travail; It matters not, nor friend or foe — My place to serve and none to fail. My being cradled in despair, Now grown so wondrous fair and strong, And glorified beyond compare, Rebukes the error and the wrong. Vast shafts of steel, wave-battered pier, And all the splendor meant to be; Wind-swept and free, these, year on year, Shall chant my hymm of Victory!
Paine in charge of supervising the final design and construction of the Bridge. Bridges are a monument to progress. But if service by generations who use it and spared manmade hazards, such as war, it should have life without end. He required that a net be installed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge during construction. This net saved a total of 19 lives. Because of a dispute with Strauss, however, Ellis was not recognized for his work when the bridge opened in A plaque honoring Ellis is set to appear in for the first time.
Joseph Strauss. The basics. The details from wikipedia. Life, beginnings and death He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an artistic family of German-Jewish ancestry, having a mother who was a pianist and a father, Raphael Strauss, who was a writer and painter.
Early career and the bascule bridge Strauss was hospitalized while in college and his hospital room overlooked the John A. View Joseph Strauss 's image gallery. Engineer Civil engineer Architect Structural engineer.
United States of America.
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