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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
D9942-3
Date(s)
- 1940 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Narrows Bridge. View of road across span as workmen do last minute cleanup to remove concrete forms. The bridge, later dubbed "Galloping Gertie," had its dedication on July 1, 1940. Four months later it suffered a dramatic collapse during a 35 mph rain and windstorm.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Suspension bridges--Tacoma;