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Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, Original Rivets from 1930's

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    Posted 9 years ago

    battlegear
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    These are a couple of the original rivets used on the Golden Gate Bridge back in the 1930's , they were removed during maintenance to replace them with new ones back in the 1980's , they show signs of being sand blasted and still have traces of the original paint.

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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      STUNNING!!!
    2. ralph ralph, 9 years ago
      I have the golden rivet of the R M S QUEEN MARY.
    3. JimmyC JimmyC, 9 years ago
      nice pieces of history ,thanks for showing battlegear
    4. GeodeJem GeodeJem, 9 years ago
      I have worked in engineering, Rail Car trucks and I have riveted, its a horrible loud, hot job.

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