Al Zampa and the Bay Area Bridges
Al Zampa and the Bay Area Bridges (Images of America) (Images of America) John V. Robinson,
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738529966
DDC: 978
Edition: Paperback; 2005-07-27
Summary:
Most 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.
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