High Dam of Aswan
Volume 2: Chapter 8
Volume 2: Chapter 8
List of Projects
- Book Description
- List of Projects
- Featured Chapter
Greatest Engineering Projects
in the History of Civilization
From Solomon's Temple to Boston's "Big Dig," Building The World chronicles 41 of the most important "macro-engineering" projects in world history.
Solomon's Temple
Israel
The Founding of Cyrene
Libya
Temple of Zeus.
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The Aqueducts of Rome
Italy
The Grand Canal
China
Protective Dikes and Land Reclamation
The Netherlands
The Founding of Baghdad
Iraq
Charlemagne's Works
Western Europe
London Bridge
England
The New River
England
The New River's diverging pipes convey water to all parts of London.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The Taj Mahal
India
The Canal des Deux Mers
France
The Founding of St. Petersburg
Russia
The Founding of Washington, DC
United States
The Erie Canal
United States
The City of Singapore
Singapore
The Suez Canal
Egypt
A statue of De Lesseps looks over the Suez Canal at Port Said.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The Transcontinental Railroad
United States
The Brooklyn Bridge
United States
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
The Eiffel Tower
France - Featured Chapter
The Trans-Siberian Railway
Russia
The Panama Canal
Panama
The Federal Highway System
United States
The Colorado River and Hoover Dam
United States
The Hoover Dam.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Act
United States
The Alaska Highway
United States
The Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric Power Project
Australia
The Mont Blanc Tunnel
Italy, France, Switzerland
The Founding of Brasilia
Brazil
NASA and the Apollo Program
United States
The High Dam of Aswan
Egypt
The Communication Satellite (COMSAT)
United States
The National Trails System
United States
Shinkansen - National High-Speed Railways
Japan
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline
United Sates, Canada
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline spans the Alaskan wilderness.
Courtesy of Corbis.
The Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Project
Brazil, Paraguay
The Founding of Abuja
Nigeria
Channel Tunnel
England, France
SEMATECH
United States
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project ("Big Dig")
United States
- The selection criteria for inclusion hinged on the survival of the founding document in each case. However, this encyclopedia is intended to be much more than just these documents. Our goal is to provide the reader with a greater understanding of the role such structures have played not just in the transformation of the physical world, but in the growth and development of societies and cultures.
- Read more in Book Description