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| Title | Tacoma Narrows Bridge model in the University of Washington wind tunnel, ca. 1942 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1942 |
| Notes | Testing conducted at the University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Research Laboratory.
Caption on image: Fig. 7 Photograph of Model of Tacoma Narrows bridge in wind tunnel at University of Washington Structural Research Laboratory. At the right can be seen the screen through which the air stream passes and the curved portion of the tunnel which effects the 4-1 reduction in cross-section of the stream. The man nearest to the model, with his hand on the supporting beam, is Professor Farquharson.
PH Coll. 290.138 |
| Subjects | Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1950- )--Models;Wind tunnels--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collection
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| Order Number | FAR042 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | University of Washington Engineering Experiment Station Collection ofTacoma Narrows Bridge Photographs and Ephemera. PH Coll 290
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL from original text at 400 dpi, a photographic print at 100 dpi, lantern slide/negative at 200 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2002. |
