Sunday, June 24, 2018
My Two Landmarks
A L O H A !
Diamond Head / Mt. Leahi
Diamond Head is the symbol of
Honolulu, Hawaii & Waikiki.
Golden Gate Bridge - Towards San Francisco
The Golden Gate Bridge
is the world-wide emblem
of San Francisco
Diamond Head Entire, From Tantalus
Elevation: 762 ft (232 m)
Age of rock: 200,000 years
Almost Entire - From Marin Headlands
8,981 feet long (1.7 miles)
Contains about 88,000 tons of steel.
Total weight of the bridge is 887,000 tons.
Approximately 80,000 miles of wire inside
each of the two steel cables.
The towers stand 726 feet above the water and
500 feet above street level. They weigh
44,000 tons each and are 4,200 feet
apart from each other.
The bridge is 90 feet wide. Street level is
about 220 feet above the water.
1848 - Captain John C. Fremont names the cleft in the Coastal Mountain Range opening onto San Francisco Bay the Golden Gate. The bridge derives its name from the land feature and not its color.
1916 - James H. Wilkins comes up with the idea to connect northern California to the San Francisco peninsula.
December 1924 - The United States War Department, the government entity responsible for the entire area surrounding the strait, approves the project.
1928 - The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District is formed and Joseph B. Strauss is appointed as architect/designer.
January 5, 1933 - Construction begins.
May 27, 1937 - The bridge is completed and opens to pedestrians. The bridge is built at a cost of approximately $35.5 million and comes in under budget and ahead of schedule.
May 28, 1937 - The bridge is opened to vehicles."
Me & Diamond Head
“I live in my own little world.
But its ok, they know me here.”
Lauren Myracle
Driving across the G.G.
"I have two homes, like someone
who leaves their hometown
and/or parents and then
establishes a life elsewhere.
They might say that
they're going home
when they return to see
old friends or parents,
but then they go home as well
when they go to where
they live now.
Sarajevo is home,
Chicago is home."
Aleksandar Hemon
Yup!
𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌒𐌘
Thank YOU
Friend!
Fondly, cloudia
