I made this for secondary students in a Spanish/English bilingual school for their technology class.

1. The Golden Gate
Bridge
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2. Where is it?
San Francisco
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3. Facts
⬗ Proposed in 1872
⬗ Construction began in
1933
⬗ Took over 4 years to
build
⬗ Cost $35 million
($35,000,000)
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4. Facts
⬗ Cables Steel Wire
⬗ 7659 ft long
⬗ 80,000 miles long
⬗ It Bends:
27 ft laterally
15 ft vertically
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5. Facts
⬗ 250 pairs of vertical
suspender ropes
⬗ Spaced 50 ft apart
⬗ Each rope is 2
11
16
in
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6. Facts
The bridge was painted
“International Orange”
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7. Facts
⬗ 19 men were saved
by the safety net
⬗ 10 men still died
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8. It opened on
May 27, 1937
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9. Let’s review some concepts
Width
90 feet
Length
1.7 miles long
Height
746 ft tall
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Weight
887,000 tons
Material
Steel
Towers
600,000 rivets

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12. Sources
⬗ http://mentalfloss.com/article/64379/20-awesome-facts-about-golden-gate-bridge
⬗ https://www.history.com/news/golden-gate-bridge-surprising-facts
⬗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSlrWhuBF1A
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