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Sys. no.	000806412
Geo. Name	Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940)
	‫ גשר מיצרי טקומה (טקומה, וושינגטון : 1940) ‬
S.F. Geo. Name	1940 Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)
	1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)
	First Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)
	First Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)
	Galloping Gertie (Tacoma, Wash.)
	Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940)
S.A. Topical Term	Bridges -- Washington (State)
Source Data Found	Work cat.: Gotchy, J. Bridging the Narrows, c1990 (Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
	AAA Road Atlas: p. 112 (Narrows Bridge)
	Acad. Am. encyc.: v. 19, p. 6, under Tacoma (Tacoma Narrows Bridge) v. 3, p. 484 (Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
	LC database, Dec. 18, 1990 (Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
	Lippincott: under Tacoma (Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
	Hobbs, R.S. Catastrophe to triumph, c2006: p. ix (on Nov. 7, 1940, the central span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge crashed into Puget Sound; "Galloping Gertie"; the 1940, 1950, and 2007 Tacoma Narrows bridges) p. 9 (the First Narrows Bridge) p. 23 (1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge; 1940 Narrows Bridge; Narrows Bridge)
	Wikipedia, Sept. 23, 2007 (Tacoma Narrows Bridge; the first bridge, nicknamed Galloping Gertie, was opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and became famous four months later for a dramatic wind-induced structural collapse; first replacement bridge opened in 1950, and a parallel bridge opened in 2007; First Tacoma Narrows Bridge)
	Structurae database, via WWW, Sept. 23, 2007 (Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Galloping Gertie; Completed in: 1940. Status: collapsed. Location: Near Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA. Replaced by: Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1950). Chronology: 7 Nov. 1940: a moderate 68 km/h wind causes oscillations and the destruction of the bridge)
Source Data Not Fnd	ASTI; Engr. index; Hennepin; IAC; Random House; Web. 3
Alma MMS ID	987007544263705171

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