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This flexibility was experienced by the builders and workmen during construction, which led some of the workers to christen the bridge "Galloping Gertie". The nickname soon stuck, and even the public (when the toll-paid traffic started) felt these motions on the day that the bridge opened on July 1, 1940.
"Galloping Gertie" is a 1975 saloon piano song by Sam Fonteyn. The song was featured in " Blackened Sponge " (season five, episode fourteen) of SpongeBob SquarePants . [ 1 ]
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington.The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 (known as Primary State Highway 14 until 1964) over the strait.
A video of the crash taken from the grandstands; A clearer video of the crash, taken from further away; A recording of the emergency radio traffic, including Reno EMS (REMSA), fire, and police; Local professor 'shaken' after catching air race crash on video katu.com. September 20, 2011. Information about the plane (44-15651) on MustangsMustangs.com
Kerr's new series for Fremantle, The Galloping Gourmet (30 December 1968–September 14, 1972) was named for his onscreen persona. It was recorded in Ottawa at CJOH-TV and produced by his wife Treena Kerr. The origin of his Galloping Gourmet persona stemmed from The Galloping Gourmets, a 1967 book he co-authored with wine expert Len Evans. The ...
Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality. The term "Gish gallop" was coined in 1994 by the anthropologist Eugenie Scott who named it after the American creationist Duane Gish , dubbed the technique's "most avid practitioner".
The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange .
The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, part of which is sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu, took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.