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Title
A crowd of invited guests celebrate the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge at the "Last Rivet" Ceremony, April 27, 1937[photograph]
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
April 27, 1937
Publication Information
Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room
Contributing Institution
Marin County Free Library
Collection
Golden Gate Bridge Construction, 1933-1937
Rights Information
unknown
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Description
"The Last Rivet" ceremony, April 27, 1937, was the first ceremony to mark the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge. Charles Segerstrom of Sonora had cast a rivet using gold from an historic California gold mine and donated it to the Bridge District. Numerous dignitaries, including engineer, Joseph Strauss, spoke to the hundreds of people invited to the celebration. With great difficulty, the golden rivet was "driven" into the last hole. Later it was removed and replaced with a steel rivet, making the bridge structurally complete. A month later, on May 27, 1937, the opening day "Fiesta" for pedestrians was held.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print, b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.
Identifier
csrcl_953
1919.006.019
ark:/13030/kt700037bf
http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/ggb/id/11
Language
English
Subject
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)
Bridges--Design and construction
Celebrations
Danielson, Nancy Kent
Kent, Martye
Place
Marin County (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Relation
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc5z2
http://marinlibrary.org/californiaroom

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