Catastrophe to Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874222893 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Written to be accessible to lay readers as well as engineers Midwest Book Review Written by historian Richard S. Hobbs Ph.D., Catastrophe to Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows is a fascinating examination of the true story behind the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 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 firm to revise the original plans, who knew about the immediate. Howard Spencer said Catastrophe to triumph. This book gives a level of detail unparalleled to the visual impact of the famous video clip it explains the engineering challenges and the failure. Not thrilling reading but very factual. It was interesting You have to have Robert A. Flood It was interesting You have to have an interest in these kinds of projects for the book to be of interest. The design was faulty, it was obvious w/o reading the book.
At this spot, the water is more than 200 feet deep, and treacherous tides surge through four times each day. In Washington State during the 1920s, before the completion of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, travelers to the Kitsap Peninsula faced a long, often expensive journey. Far more than simply a tale about steel and concrete, the full story of the Tacoma Narrows bridges revealed in Catastrophe to Triumph is also one about people--engineers, workmen, politicians, and ordinary community members--who campaigned for civic improvement, pushed design theory to its limits, infused grace and elegance into functional structures, weathered scandal and danger, survi