Zampa
Author: Mélesville (M.)
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Published: 1845
Total Pages: 78
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Author: Ferdinand Hérold
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Published: 1870
Total Pages: 94
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Published: 1841
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1867
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Isabelle Maynard
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015-11-30
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1625856474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlfred 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.
Author: John V. Robinson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738529966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost of the commuters who daily cross the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge do not know much about its namesake. Yet Alfred Zampa (1905-2000) lived a remarkable life that touched not only the bridge named in his honor, but many of the other bridges around the Bay Area. An active ironworker from 1925 on, he typified a worker who was hardy and tough, but with the skill to perform extremely precise work under hazardous conditions. He often worked hundreds of feet above the San Francisco Bay with only the spindliest of support, and he fell from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936. Caught by the safety net, he became a charter member of the ultra-exclusive "Halfway to Hell" club. Zampa died at the age of 95, six weeks after attending the groundbreaking of his namesake Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, the only bridge named in honor of a building tradesman. The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
Author: Ferdinand Hérold
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Published: 1879
Total Pages: 32
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Published: 1840
Total Pages: 8
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