Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"

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Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 film 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.

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  • The irony is that this was filmed 60 years ago and is of better quality and has better camera skills than half the videos on youtube today!

  • @THEAIRJORDANSHOW Its not fake google it.

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  • @joseph18dx Or simply resonance in the rest of the physics world, Mr. Fancypants...

  • Cool, sad for the people, but amazing in the way that the little wind can destroy a mighty bridge.

  • Freakey music?

  • Frealey

  • Man, that BLOWS!

  • @Router989 >>6,448 likes, 263 dislikes Artist: Various Artists Buy "Deep Sea Orchestra" on: eMusic may be this?

  • what the music is it! say PLZ!

  • As someone who'd gone to WPI remarked, it was designed by their Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, which is housed in Kaven hall. Now, read that out loud.

    Cave-In Hall. How could they not see this coming?

  • Водила сраный мудак, вместо камеры лучше бы собаку спас, сволочь

  • Unë dua peshkun

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