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    Strauss placed a brick from the demolished McMicken Hall at his alma mater, the university of Cincinnati, in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. Strauss was concerned with the safety of his workers. He required that a net be installed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge during construction. Because of a dispute with Strauss, Ellis was not recognized for his work when the bridge opened in 1937.

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    Strauss placed a brick from the demolished McMicken Hall at his alma mater, the university of Cincinnati, in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. Strauss was concerned with the safety of his workers. He required that a net be installed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge during construction. Because of a dispute with Strauss, Ellis was not recognized for his work when the bridge opened in 1937.

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    Strauss placed a brick from the demolished McMicken Hall at his alma mater, the university of Cincinnati, in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. Strauss was concerned with the safety of his workers. He required that a net be installed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge during construction. Because of a dispute with Strauss, Ellis was not recognized for his work when the bridge opened in 1937.

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    Golden Gate Bridge

    As Chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, Strauss overcame many problems. He had to find
    funding and support for the bridge from the citizens and the U.S. military. There were also
    innovations in the way the bridge was constructed. It had to span one of the greatest distances
    ever spanned, reach heights that hadn't been seen in a bridge, and hold up to the forces of the
    ocean. He placed a brick from the demolished McMicken Hall at his alma mater, the University of
    Cincinnati, in the south anchorage before the concrete was poured.
    Strauss was concerned with the safety of his workers. He required that a net be installed beneath
    the Golden Gate Bridge during construction. This net saved a total of 19 lives.[
    In actuality, Charles Alton Ellis was chiefly responsible for the structural design of the Golden Gate
    Bridge. Because of a dispute with Strauss, however, Ellis was not recognized for his work when the
    bridge opened in 1937. A plaque honoring Ellis is set to appear in 2012 for the first time.

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