The PaddlerUK magazine September 2015 issue 4 | Page 74

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Did you know: John C. Fremont
named the San Francisco Bay’s entrance ‘Chrysopylae’ (Golden Gate)
because it resembled Istanbul’s Golden Horn.The Golden Gate
Bridge, with 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets in each tower, was
the world’s longest span when it opened in 1937. Seventeen
ironworkers and 38 painters constantly fight rust and renew the
international orange paint on its 1.7-mile span.