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golden gate bridge
from 7 wonders posted in history by prof_improbable
Completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the American Society of Civil Engineers selected Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
The bridge connects the city of San Francisco with Marin County to its north (the first bridge to connect over the ocean), and was the bridge with longest span until 1962 (it still has the second longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City).
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer on the Golden Gate, and was adamant of safety precautions to limit fatalities. Strauss insisted on hard-hats well before they became de rigueur, and instituted a system of safety nets to catch falling workers.
In all, eleven construction workers died in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge (a heretofore unheard of number for bridge construction).
Those who fell into the nets and survived formed the Halfway to Hell Club.
view full location details...queen st e & church st
from the boondock saints posted in movies by pete_nice
Near this intersection (in the alley where you can see Henry's in the background) is where Connor MacManus (Sean Patrick Flanery) drops a toilet on a mobster's head in The Boondock Saints.
view full location details...corsetti meat packers
from the boondock saints posted in movies by pete_nice
This abattoir served as the filming location for the meat-packing plant from The Boondock Saints (1999).
Don't try and mention the rule of thumb around there...
view full location details...jefferson davis middle school
from eastbound and down posted in television by crabapple
The exterior for Jefferson Davis Middle School, where Kenny Powers teaches unconventional P.E. classes in Eastbound and Down.
view full location details...schaeffer bmw
from eastbound and down posted in television by crabapple
Schaeffer BMW is owned by the silver-maned madman, Ashley Schaeffer (Will Ferrell), who continually tries to capitalize on Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) to sell BMWs.
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