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'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The ...
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Almost forgotten Tacoma artist painted the gritty side of city while hiding her gender
One painting shows Galloping Gertie, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which was brought down by a windstorm in 1940. Other paintings show traffic, markets and businesses from a long-ago city.
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When disaster strikes: 5 of America's most destructive infrastructure failures caught on camera
In November of 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in ... prior as the world's largest suspension bridge, but it soon gained the nickname Galloping Gertie due to its swaying in the Puget Sound winds.
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Get the Facts: What's the condition of bridges in the US?
In November of 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in ... prior as the world's largest suspension bridge, but it soon gained the nickname Galloping Gertie due to its swaying in the Puget Sound winds.
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All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
Zachary del Rosario receives funding from the National Science Foundation and Toyota Research Institute. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows ...