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西元1846年，水手們眼中的金門是這個模樣，當時舊金山稱之為「好草地」
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舊金山金門大橋完工且對行人開放了
1937年5月27日
這片被稱之為「金門」 (Golden
Gate) 的土地是舊金山灣與太平洋交界地。人們從1846年開始稱這個地方為金門，比當地出現淘金熱及金門大橋出現的時間都還要早。探險家約翰‧佛瑞蒙特 (John
C. Frémont) 可能是第一個叫這個海峽為「金門」的人。
金門大橋的建造始於1932年經濟大蕭條時。雖然這些工人必須在非常危險的環境下工作，因為他們得在冰冷的海水上方保持身體的平衡，但是由於當時工作機會相當稀少，人們還是很羨慕在金門大橋工作的工人 (這是一個4年半的建造計畫) 。
The area known as the Golden Gate is the channel formed where the mouth of the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. People used the name Golden Gate as early as 1846, even before the gold rush and long before the bridge. Explorer John C. Frémont was possibly the first to call the rocky straits the "Golden Gate."
Construction of the bridge began in 1932, during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce. The men working on the Golden Gate Bridge (a four-and-a-half-year project) were greatly envied, even though they worked in very dangerous conditions, balancing high above the freezing ocean waters.
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