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Marvin Denson:

The safety net used during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. While the net did save the lives of 19 men who became known as the “Halfway-to-Hell Club,” eleven men did die during construction. 

The first fatality was Kermit Moore on October 21, 1936. Then, on February 17, sadly ten men – O.A. Anderson, Chris Andersen, William Bass, Orrill Desper, Fred Dümmatzen, Terence Hallinan, Eldridge Hillen, Charles Lindros, Jack Norman, and Louis Russell – lost their lives when a section of scaffold fell through the safety net. The men are honored on a plaque located at the south side entrance to the west sidewalk.