Identifier: architectenginee11333sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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per than the -20 eleva-tion set for the pier base. Meanwhile two modern aggregate batch-ing plants were built—one on the Marinside of the Golden Gate and one on theSan Francisco side, just west of CrissyField. Both these plants were in readiness fordelivery of concrete to mixer-body truckslong before needed and with the comple-tion of excavations for the Marin pier thepouring of concrete was started withoutdelay. Over 30,000 barrels of Golden GatePortland cement were used to complete thehuge structure, dimensions of which are80x160 feet at the base. 65x134 feet at thetop and 64 feet in height. More than213,600 pounds of tower anchorage steelwas impedded in the mass. Pier Finished Ahead of Time The Marin pier was completed ahead ofschedule on June 29, 1933, and turned overto the Golden Gate Bridge and HighwayDistrict by the Pacific Bridge Co., whichholds the contracts for the two main piersIts actual cost was $405,000. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 43 ► AUGUST. NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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Cciirlrsy ol losepli B. Slrauss, Chkj Engineer DRY POINT ETCHING OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGEBY CHESLEY BONESTELL THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER -^ 44 ► AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE While work on the Marin pier wasunder way, excavations were being madefor the San Francisco pier and the twocable anchorages on either side of theGolden Gate. The anchorage contract, held by the SanFrancisco firm of Barrett and Hilp. in-volves the handling of appro.ximately 238.-000 cubic yards of earth and rock and theplacing of 127,290 cubic yards of concrete. As of July 1st, 1933, the Marin anchor-age 26.8 per cent completed, with the baseblock concrete poured and the placing ofthe cable anchorage steel well under way. Excavation for the San Francisco an-chorage as of the same date was approxi-mately 40 per cent completed, with a newsea wall, to replace the original one thatsurrounded Fort Winfield Scott virtually100 per cent complete. Construction of thissea wall necessitated the removal and stor-age of hu

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