Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa

Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781625856470
ISBN-13 : 1625856474
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Book Synopsis Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa by : Isabelle Maynard

Download or read book Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa written by Isabelle Maynard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Zampa didn't know what he was getting into when he took a construction job in 1925 on the Carquinez Bridge, one of the first to cross San Francisco Bay. Despite the risk, Zampa relished the challenge and embarked on an illustrious career that made him a local legend. His impressive feats of iron craft are evident in numerous spans, including the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, as well as others across the country. He was one of the first to survive a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge, making him a founding member of the Halfway to Hell Club in 1936. The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, named to honor the man after his death, replaced the first bridge he had worked on nearly eighty years earlier. This remarkable story of skill, grit and enduring spirit is told through oral histories collected by John Robinson and Isabelle Maynard.


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