Weather trivia: On this day, November 7th, in 1940, the Galloping - TopicsExpress



          

Weather trivia: On this day, November 7th, in 1940, the Galloping Gertie Bridge at Tacoma, Washington collapsed in strong winds resulting in a six million dollar loss, just four months after the grand opening of the new bridge. The winds caused the evenly sized spans of the bridge to begin to vibrate until the central one finally collapsed. Heres a link to newsreel footage of the bridge collapse: https://youtube/watch?v=XggxeuFDaDU
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 04:27:14 +0000

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