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Bay Bridge Troll
The ''Bay Bridge Troll'' is an 18-inch steel figure that was welded to the eastern span of the original Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay Bridge. It was replaced by a newer version in 2013 once the construction of the new Bay Bridge was complete. The creator of the original troll, Bill Roan, is a blacksmith turned artist who lived near the Bay Bridge. History In 1989, a section of the Bay Bridge collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Loma-Prieta earthquake that rocked the San Francisco Bay Area. The bridge was closed for several weeks while repairs were made. When the repairs to the bridge were nearly complete, ironworkers smuggled the small metal troll onto the bridge and welded it permanently to a steel beam on the north side of the bridge. This unusual topping out ceremony became the subject of much curiosity and rumor around the Bay Area. John V. Robinson cites the Bay Bridge troll as an example of a custom being adapted to an unusual circumstance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), ''gulf'', ''sea'', sound (geography), ''sound'', or bight (geography), ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A ''fjord'' is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. The term ''embayment'' is also used for , such as extinct bays or freshwater environments. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in Atlantic Canada, northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology. The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays may have as wide a variety of shoreline characteristics as other shorelines. In some cases, bays have Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
