The winds were blowing at 40 mph (64 km/h) across the Tacoma Narrows strait when "Galloping Gertie" began to bounce. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which connected Tacoma, Washington, with the Kitsap ...

I DECIDED TO go a little bit outside the North Olympic Peninsula for this month’s column. In the early years of the 20th century, there were great advancements in structural engineering. Advances in ...