Barney Elliott's 16mm film captured the death of the only casualty during the most famous event on this structure, that of the cocker spaniel Tubby, lost in Leonard Coatsworth's car.
Barney Elliott's 16mm film captured the death of the only casualty during the most famous event on this structure, that of the cocker spaniel Tubby, lost in Leonard Coatsworth's car. Designer Leon Moiseiff placed the lowest bid to build it by proposing the first structure of its kind to use plate girders in place of an open truss, making it both thin and impassable for breezes. Although its transverse mode was known since its opening, failure occurred when aerostatic flutter induced a new torsional vibration mode that twisted it beyond its cables' tensile strength. For 10 points, what Washington State structure nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" violently collapsed into Puget Sound in a 40-MPH crosswind on November 7th, 1940?
Barney Elliott's 16mm film captured the death of the only casualty during the most famous event on this structure, that of the cocker spaniel Tubby, lost in Leonard Coatsworth's car.
(first) {Tacoma Narrows Bridge}