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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"
Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 video clip.
1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940.
The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from salvagers.
A dramatic tale of failure and success
The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.
Length: 356
Rating: 4.80 (923 ratings)
Tags: Tacoma Bridge Gallopin Gertie Collapse Washington Puget Sound Gig Harbor Engineering Disaster landmark destination adventure travel log nature
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Tacoma Bridge
Collapse of the Tacoma Narrow Bridge.
Length: 252
Rating: 4.70 (731 ratings)
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Tacoma Narrows Newsreel
Newsreel footage from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collpase. She was already known to move up in down in the wind, but in 1940, she began to oscillate due to resonance and would eventually collapse
Length: 154
Rating: 4.70 (227 ratings)
Tags: tacoma narrows bridge collapse newsreel
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Color Footage of Tacoma Narrows
Some of the footage in this is pre collapse and is hard to find. It gives you an idea why it was named Galloping Gertie since Transverse waves were visible along the span
Length: 64
Rating: 4.80 (237 ratings)
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The Narrows by Michael Connelly
Take a special look inside Michael Connelly's bestselling Harry Bosch novel, "The Narrows." In this 11 minute video, Michael shows locations in Los Angeles that he's written about, reads excerpts from "The Narrows," and gives you his personal insight into the writing of this book.
Directed by Terrill Lee Lankford. For more information about Michael Connelly's novels, visit www.MichaelConnelly.com .
Length: 646
Rating: 4.80 (12 ratings)
Tags: The Narrows Michael Connelly Harry Bosch bestsellers fiction
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