Gertie

A sound editing project of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and what she sounded like.

[@ghostlylover99123]

Massive respect to the cables for holding up as long as they did!

[@JStarStar00]

In fact, the cables held all the way. It was the roadway span which broke apart because it flexed too much in the wind. The cables remained up even after the roadway collapsed.

[@ghostlylover99123]

@@JStarStar00 well, the guy that made those, needs to get them patented, they good

[@logangreger1638]

So the cables never snapped? The roadway instead broke free from the cables?

[@JStarStar00]

@@logangreger1638 Technically it was "suspender ropes" which snapped -- those are the smaller vertical cables from which the roadways hang from the much larger main cables. The main cables of the bridge never snapped.

[@haroldbrown1998]

Got that RIGHT.

[@davethewife7628]

I never tire looking at this bridgex

[@williamjones7163]

We studied this bridge in my high school physics class with regards to resonate frequencies. For the same reason a singer can shatter a glass by singing the right pitch loud enough, the wind blowing at the right speed can cause the bridge to resonate at the right frequencies to collapse. Especially if the bridge is poorly designed.

[@r.a.6459]

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was built in 1937 _with the hollow cross trusses._ The original Tacoma Narrows bridge was built in 1939(?) and collapsed in 1940, didn't follow the design of the Golden Gate Bridge. Why the engineers back then don't learn??

[@bammyjimena8100]

This episode is called the gertie and it will give me nightmares and I will never watch it ever again😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@vixtex]

When I was a kid I was told the story of “Galloping Gertie.”

[@harveyharrington6932]

Do you know at 3:35 you can see part of the bridge collapsing at 11:10 AM

[@Mama_Bear4614]

And the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built and with trusses underneath the bridge it was called the stable Gertie

[@vxcent9752]

But on Thursday, November 7th, A windstorm whistled across the narrows. The winds were now hurtling at 67 kilometers per hour (42 miles per hour). Gertie began to gallop more than every. Suddenly at 10:03am, the bridge went to a torsional twisting motion (the bridge suddenly went into a twisting motion) The sides rose and fell 25 feet up and down every sides tilting at 45 degrees.

[@robertoriva8150]

😳😳😱😱... ma lasciavano transitare auto e camminare persone su di un ponte in quelle condizioni atmosferiche?!? Pazzesco.

[@Mama_Bear4614]

More of the cables snap and the bridge was snapped back like a slingshot

[@vxcent9752]

Yeah, that is the real bridge collapsing sound.

[@doloreslopez8241]

Nov. 7 1949, “The Collapse Of Galloping Gertie”

[@vxcent9752]

At 10:30am, the first section of concrete from the center span broke off.

[@mariarodriguesribeiro1831]

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[@Ethan17229]

Tacoma bridge collapsed

[@vxcent9752]

At 11:01am, pieces of cement fell. And there was a sound which was the cables which were snapping and it sounded like a whip cracking.

[@vxcent9752]

And on Saturday, November 2nd, 1940. The engineers new the bridge was about to run into problems. There's 2 options. 1. Cut holes in solid girders to allow the wind to pass through. 2. But shields on the girders to keep the wind away.

[@bammyjimena8100]

Because of the scary horryfiying sounds of the bridge😰😰😰

[@Mama_Bear4614]

The bridge was twisting very violently

[@Mama_Bear4614]

After the bridge with lifting a lot the cable snap anime ever snap and the road gave out

[@Mama_Bear4614]

It was twisting like crazy and it kept moving up and down

[@Mama_Bear4614]

After the wind there was more remains of the bridge there was a cable that was torn into pieces after the collapse many people got off the bridge and got back to safety but after the collapse it left all of the steel intact and the towers of the bridge were still standing

[@adairsilva5053]

WOWOWOWOWOOWOW

[@gooberclown]

A horrifying, mechanical beastie! 😮

[@Mama_Bear4614]

I think the bridge usually collapsed because of its own structure weight

[@Mama_Bear4614]

The crazy part of bridge it kind of collapsed on itself and there was no stable support under the bridge

[@vxcent9752]

Leonard Cotesworth was halfway across the bridge when it began to twist and sway violently. His car suddenly slid and careened to the left side the road.

[@harveyharrington6932]

At 1:00 it’s 7:30am

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

I'd rather take the biggest risk, crossing the twisting bridge to get the dog out of that car.

[@ermiecuanan671]

Earthquake you bridge up collapsed 😮

[@pauldittrich978]

Does anyone know if the piece of footage at 3:30 showing the collapse is legit? It appears to show the failure from the Gig Harbor side. I don’t know if I’m correct.

[@auschwism2561]

It looks more like the Tacoma side, judging by the big leftover strand of the roadway girders, and the lack of the little tower, but I'm wondering this too. If it's fake it's impressive how convincing it is edit: its real kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4KYppaGgJd8e6s

[@minhthanhle1138]

I going to tacoma narrows bridge at 3am

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

Why didn't they put trusses on that bridge?

[@kimhall493]

I don't understand why the engineers kept saying it was safe. Anyone with eyes could see the flexing of the concrete on the bridge. What part of "concrete doesn't bend" don't they get? That is why they use concrete to build high structures and monuments - because it is solid, ridged and strong. Some flexibility might be acceptable, but the flexing that was happening even as the bridge was being built was extreme. The engineers were more concerned with protecting their own reputations than with the safety of the public. To allow the public on the bridge until they could figure out what was happening was egregious, outrageous, and without regard for the public's safety.

[@tomchan4915]

Is that the real sound when collaspe?

[@vxcent9752]

Yeah, and this his horrible.

[@coferryan90]

No the wind sound is from The wizard of Oz if you watch the tornado scene from The wizard of Oz you will notice the wind sound

[@nagata123ok2]

​@@coferryan90no

[@Tu_piloto_suecia]

​@@coferryan90 The bridge tragedy its so terrible

[@Tu_piloto_suecia]

The Tacoma Narrows

[@user-ql9ij6gy1e]

1:30

[@vxcent9752]

Then, at 11:02am, the 600 foot first section of the center span plunged into the narrows. And at 11:05am, the whole bridge collapsed.

[@adairsilva5053]

O no

[@ermiecuanan671]

Can you tacoma narrows bridge and get

[@vxcent9752]

Just then, at 11:00am, steel girders buckled,and lampposts popped off.

[@Miko_NellyYt]

at 11:10 in the morning what happened of his horrible fall

[@ers-tj4to]

Why is the music so triumphant?

[@logangreger1638]

All though this is a fake newsreel, when the bridge was opened, it was the third longest in the world. So it was cause for celebration. However, but design flaws with soon shred the bridge forever in failure.

[@MURILLOnunes9989]

Dow

[@kajaymajay8233]

However, A small black was named Tubby. Tubby was frightened, and afraid to come out and he perished alone with the bridge😪😪😪😪😪😪.

[@mariarodriguesribeiro1831]

Olá bom dia

[@vxcent9752]

This bridge was very very old.

[@adrianhidalgo2814]

The bridge was only a few months old when it collapsed.

[@MalachiM-cu9su]

4 months old.

[@Leikoo]

Even older than whole universe I think

[@manoelgeraldoribeiro4981]

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[@manoelgeraldoribeiro4981]

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[@jogosezueirascomdof]

Tadinha da ponte tacoma mas infelizmente caio porcausa da sua estrutura sem buracos e vento um pouco forte demais e a ponte marrcou a historia e desmoronou no dia 7 de novembro de 1940.

[@RightNextDoor-ey9xf]

He left his dog in the car. The only reason he was there was to get a story. And killed his own dog in the process. Awful

[@MalachiM-cu9su]

AND THE DESIGNER FOR TUBBY'S DEATH!!!!

[@logangreger1638]

Actually, Leonard Coatsworth, even though he was a news editor, didn’t head to the bridge for a news story. At the time he was crossing it it wasn’t news at all. But it was bobbing up and down quicker than usual. He was heading back from his summer home. Just as he went past the east tower, one of the cable bands became loose, causing the bridge pattern to change from bobbing up and down to twisting from side to side. Coatsworth’s car lost control, and skidded to a stop. Coatsworth got out, and was thrown to the pavement by the violent movements. Terrified, he actually tried to go back to the rear doors of his car to get his dog out, but the bridge motions were so violent at that time he couldn’t stand. Coatsworth thought the bridge was minutes away from collapsing, instead of an hour. Crawling for several agonizing minute, he reached the safety of the east tower where he met up with a college student who had also been trapped on the bridge. Both of them ran back to the toll plaza. Coatsworth phoned his newspaper, saying that the bridge was about to fall. Coatsworth never wanted to leave his dog behind, but he was too terrified to go back onto the bridge. When the winds died down a bit, and the bridge movements slowed two others tried, including Howard Clifford, a reporter who was a friend of Coatsworth and professor Burt Farquharson, who is rushed out to the bridge to film the eccentric movement as he was on the team that was trying to figure out ways to stop those movements. Both were avid lovers of dogs. Clifford tried first, but was unsuccessful because the undulations became so violent, he was forced to turn back. Once the winds calm down significantly again, Farquhason made his attempt. This time he was successful in getting to the car. Farquhason tried to pick up Tubby out of the car, but the poor dog was so terrified by the bridge is crazy movements that he bit the Professor in a panic. Farquhason tried to reach again, but the wind started to pick up again. The movements starting to become dangerous, he regretfully turned back. He’s the guy with the mustache who is seen in the video. Only about 30 seconds after Farquhason got back a 600 foot section of the bridge dropped out. Both managed to get off the bridge safely, but unfortunately there wasn’t much they could be done to rescue Tubby. While reflecting on it, Coatsworth said that even if he had managed to get him out of the car, the bridge escalations may have been so violent, he wouldn’t have been able to hold on to him anyway, and since Tubby only had three legs, he wouldn’t be able to save himself. So you see, there was no mal intent.

[@manoelgeraldoribeiro4981]

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[@vittoriostoraro]

We can do without the rinky-dink music and inappropriate sound effects. Are people that infantile and attention span deprived now that they can’t watch silent footage ?

[@doctorwhosit3896]

ANTIE EM!