I had an errand in Tacoma today but was there a bit early. I decided to find "Gertie's Ghost".
After a bit of driving around I found a place to park. Since it's fenced off, I thought the best vantage point was from above.
The 40,000 pound sculpture references the Tacoma Narrows bridge or a giant octopus. Or both, since legend has it a giant octopus lives under the bridge, in the wreckage of Galloping Gertie, the famous bridge that collapsed in 1940.
Artists Sean Orlando and David Shulman created the work as part of Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail project.
After a bit of driving around I found a place to park. Since it's fenced off, I thought the best vantage point was from above.
The 40,000 pound sculpture references the Tacoma Narrows bridge or a giant octopus. Or both, since legend has it a giant octopus lives under the bridge, in the wreckage of Galloping Gertie, the famous bridge that collapsed in 1940.
Artists Sean Orlando and David Shulman created the work as part of Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail project.
Beautiful sketch, Kate!!!
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