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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
TPL-2340
Date(s)
- 1940-11 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
On November 7, 1940, a large portion of the center roadbed of the Narrows Bridge came to rest permanently on the bottom of the Sound when it collapsed in high winds. The cause of the collapse was determined to be the design, which was structurally unsound.
Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Suspension Bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);