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Title
Lee Merrill LM-3.04
Date(s)
- 1940-01 (Creation)
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(1906-1987)
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A birds eye view of the catwalk used during the construction of the second Narrows Bridge, the "Galloping Gertie." The 6.4 million dollar bridge was the third longest suspension bridge in the world. It was is use for just four months before it plunged to the bottom of the Sound in a wind storm. Lee Merrill photographed the bridge using the color film that was becoming readily available for commercial photographers in the early 1940s.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridge construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound (Wash.); Suspension bridges--Tacoma;