Comments on: Smoke Trail Shows Bridge Route http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Odon http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1058326 Odon Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:33:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/#comment-1058326 I'm sure they would have added an extra tower if they'd known how many times this bridge would be destroyed by Hollywood movie makers. I’m sure they would have added an extra tower if they’d known how many times this bridge would be destroyed by Hollywood movie makers.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1048313 Rick Auricchio Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:36:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/#comment-1048313 Oh, the lines are definitely added for the print. Perhaps at the time there was some thought of a third tower, or the publisher just didn't believe they'd build the world's longest span. The longest span is actually 4200 feet, far short of the mile cited in the article. A center tower would certainly cut the span in half, so the drawing is definitely wrong. Oh, the lines are definitely added for the print.

Perhaps at the time there was some thought of a third tower, or the publisher just didn’t believe they’d build the world’s longest span. The longest span is actually 4200 feet, far short of the mile cited in the article. A center tower would certainly cut the span in half, so the drawing is definitely wrong.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1048271 Blurgle Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:29:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/#comment-1048271 It looks to me as if the Navy plane just emitted a stream of smoke, and those dotted white lines were conveniently added by the photographer. It looks to me as if the Navy plane just emitted a stream of smoke, and those dotted white lines were conveniently added by the photographer.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1048269 Stannous Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:05:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/#comment-1048269 Except that it shows 3 bridge towers, the middle one in midst of a deep channel that has one of the strongest currents in the world. It is assumed that after millions of years of draining the gold country of the Sierra Nevada that the largest gold deposits in California are at the bottom of that trench but it is 300 feet deep (the average depth of the Bay is about 14 feet) and twice a day some 390 Billion gallons of water pass through with the tides so that no one has ever been able to figure out how to get to it. Except that it shows 3 bridge towers, the middle one in midst of a deep channel that has one of the strongest currents in the world. It is assumed that after millions of years of draining the gold country of the Sierra Nevada that the largest gold deposits in California are at the bottom of that trench but it is 300 feet deep (the average depth of the Bay is about 14 feet) and twice a day some 390 Billion gallons of water pass through with the tides so that no one has ever been able to figure out how to get to it.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1048221 Rick Auricchio Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:10:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/08/smoke-trail-shows-bridge-route/#comment-1048221 That was actually a pretty good idea. That was actually a pretty good idea.

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