It might seem odd to write a story about the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in May. However, it’s actually a perfect time to explore a mystery surrounding the nickname of that infamous long-ago span ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping ...
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 ...
Under the waves of the Tacoma Narrows, the grave near Galloping Gertie gave birth to a lush kelp forest "dense as an African jungle," Peter Bortel says. A seabed peppered 80 years ago Saturday with ...
TACOMA, Wash. — Peter Bortel has been diving under the Tacoma bridge for 30 years. He always wondered what he might find below the surface at 228 feet. This curiosity led him and Producer Carly Vester ...
Anyone who has an interest in disaster – and, really, who among us does not? – is familiar with the bridge that became known as “Galloping Gertie.” It was on Nov. 7, 1940, that the Tacoma Narrows ...
1940: The newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses during a windstorm. The collapse is filmed, helping it to become one of the more conspicuous engineering failures in American history. The ...
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 ...
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