“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.”
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
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Every college physics textbook, including mine, has this as an example.
I’ve only ever seen pictures of it previously. An amazing event.