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Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. At about 11 a.m., the 1940s version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge came tumbling down after heavy ...
KING5

Long lost footage of Galloping Gertie collapse focus of new documentary debuting at Gig Harbor Film festival

TACOMA, Wash. — There had been plenty of warning before November 7, 1940, so cameras were ready when Galloping Gertie, the four-month-old suspension bridge linking Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, ...
The Bellingham Herald

Here’s how Galloping Gertie’s iconic collapse 83 years ago shapes bridge designs today

Engineers still study the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which fell into Puget Sound 83 years ago this month. The project to build the original span during the 1930s was $6.4 million. “It was ...
WLTX19

This date in 1940: 'Galloping Gertie' collapses in windstorm

On this date in 1940, one of the most spectacular bridge collapses in U.S. history occurred in Western Washington. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," fell into the sound during a ...
KING5

'I remember watching pieces of the bridge fall off and splash in the Narrows'

TACOMA, Wash. — Seattle author Amanda Abler says she was a high school freshman in New Hampshire when she first learned about the infamous collapse of Galloping Gertie. "And it just blew my mind that ...
PBS

700 Feet Down - April 23

A closer look at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge as it is today and as it was in 1940 when only four months after it opened a strong windstorm blew it into the Tacoma Narrows and it became known as ...
MyNorthwest.com

Vintage audio from 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

Saturday, Nov. 7, marks the 80th anniversary of the dramatic collapse of Galloping Gertie, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge. KIRO Radio was on the scene shortly after the disaster, and produced a ...
PBS

Why the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was nicknamed Galloping Gertie

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is one of the epic civil engineering failures of all time. Immediately after the August 1940 grand opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, motorists and engineers alike ...
insider.si.edu

The Collapse of "Galloping Gertie" (The Tacoma Narrows Bridge)

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On November 7, 1940, the bridge spanning the Tacoma Narrows Strait of Puget Sound collapsed after moving dramatically up and down during high ...
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History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 85 years since Galloping Gertie’s collapse

Eighty-five years ago, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. on Nov. 7, 1940, about 11 a.m., the previous version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge came tumbling down. Heavy winds ...
Government Technology

Galloping Gertie — Bridge Collapse

I had seen short video snippets of the bridge collapsing, but this is a six-minute "full-length" video of the windblown takedown of a relatively new bridge — in 1940. Galloping Gertie Collapse. It ...