This Sunday marks the anniversary of the demise of everyone's favorite local structure, which earned the nickname Galloping Gertie. Under what name is the rebuilt span known?
Leon Moisseiff as a consulting engineer on the bridge, but declined to speak up for his colleague Charles Ellis when he was fired from the project. Moisseiff called the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge that he designed as the leading engineer, the "most beautiful bridge in the world." However, he lost his strong reputation when this narrow span across the Puget Sound in Washington State collapsed in a windstorm four months after it opened in 1940. The motion of the bridge earned it the name "Galloping Gertie". The dramatic film of the bridge's collapse, as a twisting motion added to
The Galloping Ghost (serial) role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall. Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline. This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts. The Galloping Ghost (serial) The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, American football player