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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"

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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.

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: December 9, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Author: GonzoNugent

Length: 05:56
Rating: 4.76
Views: 603183

Tags: adventure  Bridge  Collapse  destination  Disaster  Engineering  Gallopin  Gertie  Gig  Harbor  landmark  log  nature  Puget  Sound  Tacoma  travel  Washington  

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kelkysayshey (August 29, 2008 at 3:06 am)
i thought the silence added to the video. made it more serious.
kelkysayshey (August 29, 2008 at 3:04 am)
that bridge is terrifying. i could never drive on something that moved that much. the mackinac bridge scares me enough. and that poor dog... makes me so sad. now i'm depressed.
patryklau (August 28, 2008 at 11:19 pm)
hey no worries, at least we got things cleared up yeah? and yes, i do get what you mean about 'ignorance' online, does get to me sometimes..
yamgamiZgurl (August 28, 2008 at 10:26 pm)
This reply is meant for Patryklau, BTW.
yamgamiZgurl (August 28, 2008 at 10:19 pm)
Then I sincerely apologize if I have offended you, because that was not my intention. I take issue with ignorance (and there's a lot online)and sometimes feel the need to speak up about it--I'm an educator and it's a just a thing with me. So please excuse my poor sense of humor.
Watoko (August 28, 2008 at 6:46 pm)
My physics teacher was telling the class of how the bridge was built in the opening of a canyon, so the wind rushed through that opening and past the bridge. Eventually it achieved mechanical resonance with the bridge and caused the collapse. Apart from that, nice video.
pitredavid (August 28, 2008 at 4:08 pm)
real or no real lol
patryklau (August 28, 2008 at 8:53 am)
the youtube reference is meant to be a joke.. it's pretty obvious from the video that it was shot in the 40s
yamgamiZgurl (August 28, 2008 at 8:25 am)
Youtube didn't exist when this happened. This bridge collapsed in 1940, and the men filming the disaster were reporters that had come to witness the fall--the whole process took alost 45 minutes and there were warning signs of collapse long before it actually fell.
jugganaut35 (August 27, 2008 at 9:35 pm)
The dog was a cocker spaniel named Tubby. RIP Tubby.

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