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The Golden Gate Bridge: Facts, History & Profile
Top of Page Image Source: Getty ImagesFast Golden Gate Bridge Facts Length: 8,981 ft (2,737 m) Width: 90 ft (27 m) Height: 746 ft (227 m) Clearance above high water: 220 ft (67 m) Weight: 887,…Ellis & Angel Islands
A look at the role these two islands have played in immigration over the years 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1907 In a single day, 11,747…Ellis and Angel Islands | Civics: Links to History
Links to History: Ellis & Angel Islands 1890 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1900 source: The Granger Collection1907 In a single day, 11,…Longest Suspension Bridges in the United States
Finished in 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows bridge spanning lower New York Bay is the longest suspension bridge in the United States. Rank Bridge name…Longest U.S. Suspension Bridges
Here is a list of the longest suspension bridges in the United States, by main span length. Also included is the date the bridge was completed. Rank Name Location…Miłosz, Czesław
(Encyclopedia) Miłosz, CzesławMiłosz, Czesławchĕsˈwäf mēˈwŏsh [key], 1911–2004, poet, essayist, and novelist, b. Szetejnie, Lithuania (then in Russia). Widely considered the greatest contemporary…The Top Ten: Longest U.S. Suspension Bridges
Longest U.S. Suspension Bridges Rank Name Location Feet Completed 1. Verrazano-Narrows Lower New York Bay…San Francisco, Calif.
Mayor: Edwin M. Lee (to Jan. 2016) 2010 census population (rank): 805,235 (13); Male: 408,462 (50.7%); Female: 396,…Scott Peterson, 2003 News
California salesman, was charged in April with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son washed ashore on San Francisco Bay. He pleaded not guilty. Laci…Scott Peterson, 2004 News
California salesman, was convicted in November of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Laci, and of second-degree murder in the death of their unborn son. The jury sentenced him to…Trending
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