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someone was prepared to do. during the depression, the building of the grand coulee dam works projects happening in the pacific northwest. mid-1930 s, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound, which reached from tacoma to the peninsula. the bridge was opened on the 1940, after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is also a bit of a wind tunnel. people working on the deck began to notice movement. an almost like airplane winds, lift in the bridge. unlike just horizontal movement, began to feel a vertical lift in the bridge, especially in the center span. you know, there was no suspension bridge or anything like this anywhere and out to the world in the pacific northwest. there was an unfamiliarity with just how a big thing like this was supposed to behave. so people excited about it, there is a certain musical gracefulness about a bridge like this. so people just wanted to think it was not anything wrong, that it was normal, and once they ....
expleering the unique history and literary life. we re going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. the western terms of the northern pacific railroad. the area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of washington state and the pacific northwest s great inland water. and when the transcontinental railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. but really wasn t an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. and in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the kitsap peninsula. tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and almost like airplane wing lift in ....
noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. hi, i m john farrell, a producer on our cities tour team. this year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. right now we re going to show you several stops from our visit to that coma, washington, a city chosen as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. the area we re standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is the sort of washington state and the pacific northwest. it s kind of great inland water. when the transcontinental railroad aim, there was talk of one day being able to span puget sound but it really wasn t an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression, northeasterly policemans like the building of the grand cooley dam and stuff, there were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. and in the mid-1930s, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma ....
hi, i m john feral. this year we visited 24 cities expleering the unique history and literary life. we re going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. the western terms of the northern pacific railroad. the area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of washington state and the pacific northwest s great inland water. and when the transcontinental railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. but really wasn t an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. and in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the kitsap peninsula. tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. the tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to no ....
to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of tacoma. washington s importance in the national suffrage effort comes by the fact that we were the first state in the 20th century and followed almost a 20 adoptingbetween state their own suffrage amendment. it takes a certain number of states to pass a national amendment to the constitution. we were the fifth estate state. about six were located in the west. washington became a pivotal state making that leap into the 20th century. after we passed it in 1910, there was a domino effect throughout the country. immediately, oregon passed in 1911, followed by california, and then moved to the dakotas, montana, nebraska. and progressed across to new york in 1919 and then of course the national amendment passes in 1920. you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. event thate big began the suff ....