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Looking up between the massive parallel concrete spans of Phra Pokklao Bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, with a strip of sky between the decks, red and white checkered pier protectors and the bilingual bridge sign. A strong leading-lines composition of urban infrastructure. Free to use: public domain (CC0).
A pair of 48hp Ruston & Hornsby 4-wheel diesel mechanical locos stored in the yard of specialist civil engineering contractor Peter Lind at Purfleet on 28 May 1971. On the left is 48DS class W.No.237929 built in 1946 and on the right 44/48HP class 'PL1806' W/No.195856 built in 1939. These easily transportable locos have been favourites for civil engineering contractors over many years.
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Peter Lind company history here: www.peterlind.co.uk/history.html
The Golden Gate Bridge's toll plaza, with a long canopy running across the front and the bridge's red tower rising in the background under a soft blue sky. The low plaza buildings and the huge tower make a good pair. The bridge is a National Historic Landmark.
Spectacular Engineering New LIRR Terminal 150 Feet Below Manhattan NY - IMRAN™
I consider Manhattan, New York my forever American hometown for 36 years! I have always admired the feats of engineering that show up as literally countless skyscrapers and train tunnels upon tunnels under the granite foundation since more than a century.
I have also been a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) user since 1993, literally years ago when I first found the spot to build my home on the NY South Shore beach in Suffolk. But those trains went from the old dilapidated Penn Station, under the landmark Madison Square Gardens.
Grand Central Terminal is an architectural work of art. I often go there when in the area. But I only took subway trains because the other trains went north of New York City, and Long Island is to the East.
After many years of incredible underground dogging and construction, plus the completion of a decades old planned tunnel, now I can take LIRR to Long Island from here too. I just didn’t have a chance to use it yet.
I was in Manhattan last week to speak at a Future Of SaaS event at the world famous Rockefeller Center.
After a great dinner hosted at world by the organizers, one of the attendees and I were chatting about technology when we realized we both were going to take the same LIRR train. He mentioned taking it from Grand Central and I said I hadn’t used it yet. So off we went.
What an incredible experience. The train tracks are nearly 150 feet beneath the city. That is nearly 15 stories DEEP. That’s deeper than the tallest buildings in many cities.
Imagine the marvel of engineering this is as I looked at the view from the escalator. it leads to the $12 Billion station that’s 350,000 square feet (33,000 square meters)! It took basically a century from idea to conception but what an amazing feat. I’ll post a video later. As you can tell, I ❤️ NY!
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Scene captured during a day trip to the Waterloopbos in the Netherlands: old wave-creating machines rusting away in a pool.
Taken at the 2011 Open House weekend in London. The Broadgate Tower is one of the new additions to the skyscrapers found in City of London, completed in 2009. You can also get the amazing skyline of London, including the view of the widely recognised 'The Gerkin' building.
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It was quite a contrast with the chaotic traffic zooming above and the quite waters along the bike path below.
The Bay Bridge stretching across the water with the downtown San Francisco skyline sitting at the right edge of the frame. The long, thin line of the span and the pale sky make a quiet, open view.
View of progress with the Tyne Bridge, 2 February 1928, showing the two halves getting closer together (TWAM ref. 3730/15/5).
The Tyne Bridge is one of the North East’s most iconic landmarks. These photographs were taken by James Bacon & Sons of Newcastle and document its construction from March 1927 to October 1928. They belonged to James Geddie, who was Chief Assistant Engineer on the construction of the Bridge with Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. of Middlesbrough.
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Camera: Minolta XD7
Lens: Minolta MD f1.4/50mm
Film: Agfa Vista Plus 200 ASA
Scanner: Epson Perfection V330
Edit: Snapseed
The Millau viaduct cuts through an azure sky like a golden line connecting earth to clouds. I wanted to capture its apparent lightness despite its monumental structure.
Chantier de la chatière, la création d’un nouvel accès fluvial à Port 2000 dans le port du Havre. Le projet consiste à la création d'une digue de 1 800 mètres pour créer un chenal maritime de 100 mètres de large qui va permettre aux barges venues de la Seine d'accéder directement aux quais de Port 2000 quelles que soient les conditions climatiques.
P R É S E N T A T I O N
Durée des travaux : 2025 → 2027
Montant des travaux : 197 000 000 €
I N F O R M A T I O N S
Dragage pour la réalisation de la digue : 760 000 m³
Soubassement sablo-graveleux : 800 000 m³
Dragage pour la création du chenal maritime : 1 800 000 m³
L O C A L I S A T I O N
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Normandie
Département : Seine-Maritime (76)
Ville : Le Havre (76600)
Scene captured during a day trip to the Waterloopbos in the Netherlands: the reflected remains of a hydraulic engineering experiment.
The Golden Gate Bridge's red steel and a concrete pier with an American flag flying in front of them. The bright flag and the red beams make a bold pairing. The bridge is a National Historic Landmark.
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The original Dowlaiswaram Barrage was built by a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton and completed in 1850. The barrage was constructed in four sections, which allowed flood passage during the construction period. The Dhawaleswaram Barrage was 15 feet high and 3.5 km long. Between 1970 and 1982, the barrage was reconstructed to a height of 10.6 m (35 ft). The reservoir at present has a gross storage capacity of 83 million cubic metres (2,900 million cubic feet) and a dead storage of 57 million cubic metres (2,000 million cubic feet) at 40 feet (12 m). The Barrage consists of 4 arms with 175 bays having a length of 3.6 km (2.2 mi). The reservoir benefits 65 mandals of East and West Godavari with 2 crops annually supplying water utilisation of nearly 100 trillion cubic feet (2,800 billion cubic metres).
A postcard of the bridges across the River Tyne, showing the Tyne Bridge under construction, 1928 (TWAM ref. DX681/15).
The postcard is unused.
This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people, places and events they show can give us an insight into the past, documenting the landscape, the fashions, the way we lived. Some postcards are unused but others tell us something about the people who bought them, through the messages they wrote. They can give us a fascinating glimpse into people’s lives.
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Visit of the Marquis of Londonderry to Roker Pier, 28 October 1891 (TWAM ref. 3768/8). On this occasion the Marquis placed a stone inscribed ‘Londonderry 28.10.91 in a concrete block to be laid in the pier head at a future date.
This set of images relates to Roker Pier, Sunderland and is taken from a scrapbook kept by Henry Hay Wake, chief engineer to the River Wear Commission.
Henry Wake designed Roker Pier and also oversaw its construction from beginning to end. The Pier' s foundation stone was laid in September 1885 and it was formally opened on 23 September 1903. The Pier is 2,800 feet long and was built of Aberdeen granite and concrete cement at a total cost of £290,000.
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Capacité de la décapeuse : 28,28 m³
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
Chantier de la chatière, la création d’un nouvel accès fluvial à Port 2000 dans le port du Havre. Le projet consiste à la création d'une digue de 1 800 mètres pour créer un chenal maritime de 100 mètres de large qui va permettre aux barges venues de la Seine d'accéder directement aux quais de Port 2000 quelles que soient les conditions climatiques.
P R É S E N T A T I O N
Durée des travaux : 2025 → 2027
Montant des travaux : 197 000 000 €
I N F O R M A T I O N S
Dragage pour la réalisation de la digue : 760 000 m³
Soubassement sablo-graveleux : 800 000 m³
Dragage pour la création du chenal maritime : 1 800 000 m³
L O C A L I S A T I O N
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Normandie
Département : Seine-Maritime (76)
Ville : Le Havre (76600)