The Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge, crossing the Puget Sound to the Kitsap peninsula, opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and collapsed due to wind-induced flutter on November 7. The only fatality was Tubby, a cocker spaniel who tumbled into the Tacoma Narrows along with his master’s car.
Galloping Gertie Tacoma
Feb 18, 2013
Hi,
Came to you blog from the Historical Fiction discussion on Goodreads. Coincidentally, when I was a news reporter in the early 1990’s in Seattle, I covered a story about the bridge closing to traffic because we were having a really terrific windstorm.