Tag: Tuesday’s marvels of engineering
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...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, formerly called Boulder Dam, dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, at the Arizona-Nevada border, U.S. Constructed between 1930 and 1936, it is the highest concrete arch dam in the United States.
It impounds Lake Mead, which extends for 115...
Tuesday’s marvels of engineering: Langeled Pipeline
The 1,166 km Langeled Pipeline has helped Norway and Britain to scale new heights with regard to their oil and gas export and import business.
Part of the Ormen Lange gas field, 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...
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...
