Catastrophe to Triumph.Catastrophe to Triumph Richard S. Hobbs, Ph.D. Washington State University Press Washington State University Press (or WSU Press) is a university press that is part of Washington State University. External link
PO Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910 0874222893 $24.95 www.wsupress.wsu.edu Written by historian Richard S. Hobbs Ph.D., Catastrophe to Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows The Tacoma Narrows (or The Narrows), a strait, is part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. A glacial landform, the Narrows separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the city of Tacoma. is a fascinating examination of the true story behind the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Noun 1. Tacoma Narrows Bridge - a suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma Tacoma - a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle fiasco. In 1940, just 129 days after its creation, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge literally fell apart. Yet the flaws in its workmanship were apparent well before its spontaneous destruction--its undulations were so readily visible that it earned the nickname "Galloping Gertie". Catastrophe to Triumph reveals the inside story of government agencies that hired a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of firm to revise the original plans, who knew about the immediate danger, and why too little was done too late to prevent the bridge's final doom. Catastrophe to Triumph also recounts how a second bridge built on part of the original substructure substructure /sub·struc·ture/ (-struk-chur) the underlying or supporting portion of an organ or appliance; that portion of an implant denture embedded in the tissues of the jaw. sub·struc·ture n. succeeded while the first one failed. Written to be accessible to lay readers as well as engineers, and filled cover to cover with vintage black-and-white photographs, Catastrophe to Triumph is a gem of American monument and engineering history. |
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