Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Palm Jumeirah
Stretching 5km into the Arabian Gulf and shaped like a date palm, Palm Jumeirah is Dubai’s self-styled “eighth wonder of the world”.
The over-the-top emirate is not just blowing its own trumpet though; this man-made...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Eiffel Tower
It has been called a technological masterpiece in building-construction history. Built in commemoration of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower is one of the world's premier tourist attractions. It has been compared to the...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Pearl Bridge
The Pearl Bridge (Akashi-Kaikyo) is holding the title of “World’s Longest Suspension Bridge” with a span of 1,991 meters (6,532 ft).
The second longest suspension bridge is China’s Xihoumen Bridge. The bridge links the city of Kobe...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam, dam on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) just west of the city of Yichang in Hubei province, China.
A straight-crested concrete gravity structure, the Three Gorges Dam is 2,335 metres (7,660 feet) long with a maximum height of 185 metres (607...
