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#OTD #TDIH #July1, 1940 #GallopingGertie ( #TacomaNarrowsBridge ) opens over #PugetSound. #EngineeringDisasters #SuspensionBridges #EngineeringErrors #EngineeringFailures #BridgeDisasters
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"
YouTube video by Tony C
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July 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
madeindenmark.bsky.social
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#China #Poluting #Africa #Polution #ChineseCompanies #Zambia #Disaster #AcidicDebris #Neocolonialism #HeavyMetals #NoCleanUp #SinoMetals #NFCAfrica #EngineeringFailures #ConstructionFlaws #HoldingChinaAccountable #DrDoutyChibamba #Estimated$5BnDebt #CopperbeltProvince
Devastating toxic spill seen as test of whether African countries can stand up to China
Chinese companies provide jobs and much needed revenue in Zambia, where the disaster took place.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #July1, 1940 #GallopingGertie ( #TacomaNarrowsBridge ) opens over #PugetSound. #EngineeringDisasters #SuspensionBridges #EngineeringErrors #EngineeringFailures #BridgeDisasters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zc...
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie"
YouTube video by Tony C
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July 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM
whystufffails.bsky.social
Was Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow bridge, a bridge that was doomed to fail, or was there more to the engineering behind the collapse?

Full engineering investigation at: youtu.be/A4GR0hSiqsU

#engineering #bridgecollapse #structuralengineering #infrastructure #engineeringfailures
March 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
news-x.bsky.social
Court cautions against "unflinching faith" in state engineering! 🏗️ Questioning reliability after recent infra failures (roads washing away 🌧️, bridges collapsing 🌉). #EngineeringFailures #Infrastructure
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM