Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"

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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[Isa Gonzalez]

i feel pretty bad for his dog

[Deb Strzelecki]

Read that the dog did not make it. The good professor risked his life to save the dog. I've read he grabbed for the dog's collar and it bit him numerous times. Never to grab a panicked dog by the collar. Animal husbandry and training have advanced since then. I always carry extra leashes and nooses in my car. I'm just a hobby dog trainer, but have snared numerous wildlife (deer, coons, foxes) hit by cars to wait for the local wildlfe authorities. Most were rehabbed.

[Vratislav Jindra]

Sign at 5:42: Closed

You don't say o.O

[Hunter Clarke]

Sounds like porn music...

[Megan Stevens]

That's insane

[Chris Saavedra]

Nat geo said it was 40mph wind

[Matthew Miskiewicz]

It only responded this way to certain wind patterns

[ezubia13]

Poor dog

[Xicklez]

Suprise the video is that clear and colored. Its from 1940 XD

feel bad for the dog ):

[DuckDogTitus]

iph u wur a profecer than u cud spehl betta tew