Joseph Strauss (chief designer of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge" title="Golden Gate Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a>) Memorial, San Francisco, California. Artist: Frederick William Schweigardt (1885–1948)
<p>A plaque on the base of the statue reads:
</p>
<pre>1870 JOSEPH B. STRAUSS 1938
"THE MAN WHO BUILT THE BRIDGE"
HERE AT THE GOLDEN GATE IS THE
ETERNAL RAINBOW THAT HE CONCEIVED
AND SET TO FORM A PROMISE INDEED
THAT THE RACE OF MAN SHALL
ENDURE UNTO THE AGES.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
1929 - 1937</pre>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Senapa" title="User:Senapa">Steven Pavlov</a>
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>