Over a period of 55 years the Willits Brothers built more than 900, mostly in a workshop on Tacoma's Day Island. Each one is a masterpiece, Historian Michael Sean Sullivan says paddling a Willits ...
The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the world’s third-longest suspension ...
If you’ve taken a basic engineering or physics class, you’ve probably seen this iconic failure. On Nov. 7, 1940, 84 years ago today, Washington’s Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed into Puget Sound. When ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2024. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S.