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Chicago, Illinois
Constructed 1892-1900
Until 1900, the Chicago River drained into Lake Michigan, along with all the sewage from the city; and the Des Plaines River west of Chicago emptied into the Illinois River, which eventually flows to the Mississippi. Chicago residents drew their drinking water from polluted areas of the lake near the mouth of the Chicago River, leading to outbreaks of typhoid and other waterborne diseases.
By 1889, the Sanitary District of Chicago was organized to combat the city's sanitation problems. One of the District's first projects was a canal connecting the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River, cutting through a line of hills west of the city. This allowed a regulated amount of water to flow out of Lake Michigan, through the Chicago River, and into the Illinois River. The reversal program resulted in a multi-purpose project involving water supply, pollution control, transportation, and power generation.
Facts
The completion of the entire project eventually resulted in the construction of a river 31 miles long and 26 feet deep. The entire project cost over $70 million.
Thirteen bridges were built over the main canal. All are moveable bridges, so that canal boats can pass through.
Seven sluice gates, each 30 feet wide, and a movable dam 160 feet long were built at Lockport. By opening these gates or lowering the dam, the amount of water flowing in the main channel can be regulated at all times.
Engineering techniques and earthmoving machines develop during construction of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal were used to build the Panama Canal.
In 1885, a huge storm dumped more than six inches of rain on the city within a two-day period. The heavy rainfall flushed the streets, catch basins, and sewers into the river and polluted the lake far beyond the intake cribs that supplied the city's drinking water. Roughly 1.2 percent of the city's population became sick and died from cholera, typhoid, and dysentery in the aftermath of this storm.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier Les Rivages composé de 4 bâtiments pour 98 logements en accession à la propriété et d’une résidence services seniors de 115 logements.
Le projet se situe sur l'ancien site des Entreprises Jules Kronberg (négociant en charbon). Quelques éléments seront conservés comme la cheminée d'une hauteur de 38 mètres ainsi qu’un bâtiment situé sur le bord du boulevard Lobau.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : 45, boulevard Lobau
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2021 → 2022
► Architecte : Malot & Associés
► Gros œuvre : WIG France
► PC n° 54 395 19 R0067 délivré le 11/10/2019
Niveaux : R+6
Hauteur : 25.00 m
Surface de plancher : 12 989 m²
Superficie du terrain : 5 610 m²
Travaux de déconstruction d'un ancien bâtiment de bureaux au Havre.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Normandie
Département : Seine-Maritime (76)
Ville : Le Havre (76600)
Adresse : quai Colbert
Fonction : Bureaux
Déconstruction : 2020
This excavator was carrying out a trail pit site investigation before the sides of the excavation gave way. Trail pits are the cheapest method of exploration to shallow depths.
This image is part of the CalVisual for Construction Image Archive. For more information visit www.engsc.ac.uk/resources/calvisual/index.asp
Author: Loughborough University
New York City to Hoboken, New Jersey
Completed 1908
...[O]ne of the greatest engineering feats ever accomplished, greater perhaps than the Panama Canal will be when opened, considering the obstacles which had to be overcome...
- The New York Times, 1908
A transportation tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Manhattan and New Jersey was first considered in the 1860s, fueled by New York City's rapidly growing congestion and the inadequacy of existing ferry service to population centers across the river. DeWitt Clinton Haskin, an engineer formerly with the Union Pacific Railroad, started the project in 1874 and subsequently endured an extended lawsuit, several failures of the tunnel wall, and an exhaustion of funds before quitting in 1887 with only 1,600 feet completed.
Two years later, a British team took up the project only to be halted in 1891 by a financial crisis, just 1,600 feet short of completion. William G. McAdoo, a Southern attorney who later served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson, finally completed the tunneling project. McAdoo later added another tunnel, extended the rail line into upper Manhattan, and helped connect its 33rd Street station, later known as Pennsylvania Station, with commercial real-estate development.
Facts
-The Hudson and Manhattan tunnel was the first large transportation tunnel constructed under a major river in the United States. A bridge connecting Manhattan and New Jersey was considered a more tenuous possibility because the Hudson River's bottom was known to consist solely of deep mud in some places.
DeWitt Haskin's work plan involved sealing the tunnel and filling it with 35 pounds of air pressure to expel water and hold the tunnel's iron-plate liners in place. Workers entered through a concrete wall equipped with an air lock. Unfortunately, the compressed air could not keep the tunnel walls sealed, and blow-outs occurred in 1880 and 1882, flooding the work site.
- A British engineer, Sir Thomas Cochrane, used compressed air in devising the first pneumatic caisson -- or air-tight chamber -- in 1830. In the early 1870s, James Buchanan Eads used pneumatic caissons in constructing the foundations for his celebrated Eads Bridge crossing the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
- The British team adapted technology used in the 1860s construction of London's subway by combining a shield to support the tunnel walls with Haskin's application of pneumatic pressure to the work face. The Greathead shield, named after its designer, has served as a prototype for all subsequent tunneling equipment.
- William McAdoo recommenced work in 1902, hiring Charles Jacobs as his chief engineer. Jacobs had built the first underwater tunnel in the city, an eight-foot-diameter bore for gas mains under the East River. Before completing the tunnel, the pair encountered solid rock that took 11 months of careful blasting to excavate.
- The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company formed the basis for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) system in northeastern New Jersey and Manhattan that today extends 14 miles, includes 13 stations, and serves more than 200,000 passengers a day.
Resources
Anthony Fitzherbert, William G. McAdoo and the Hudson Tubes; Electric Railroaders Association, 1964
Brian J. Cudahy, Rails Under the Mighty Hudson; Stephen Greene Press, 1975
Engineering News-Record, "125 Years in ENR History" (1999)
Paul Carleton, The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Revisited; D. Carleton Railbooks, 1990
S. D. V. Burr, Tunneling Under the Hudson River, John Wiley & Sons, 1885.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss CommunicationsCivil Engineering labs. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications
Technical drawing: Details of one deck plate girder span, standard railroad bridge. Photo by Pennsylvania State College, Civil Engineering Dept., 1903.
Repository: Penn State Special Collections, University Park, PA, USA.
Looking for this photo at the Penn State Special Collections? You’ll find it in the Pennsylvania Bridges Collection, Box 1 [Item 5327]
Poids en ordre de marche : 25 600 kg
Construction d'un magasin d'alimentation à Seichamps.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Seichamps (54280)
Adresse : rue des Grands Prés
Fonction : Commerces
Construction : 2021 → 2023
Hauteur : 11,00 m
Surface de plancher : 2 936 m²
Superficie du terrain : 10 269,19 m²
A special supplement, issued as part of the Railway Gazette for 18 November 1932, looking primarily at the Piccadilly line extensions undertaken by the then private London Electric Railways, part of the Underground Group. The scheme, that saw the Piccadilly line extended north in tunnels and on surface tracks from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters and westwards from Hammersmith along adapted District Railway tracks, was mostly funded by way of Government Treasury loans as part of Unemployment relief. There were also significant modernisations of certain extisting central area Piccadilly line stations in connection with the scheme as well as new, additional, trains.
The supplement looks as the construction and civil engineering of both tunnels and stations, fitting out of both railway and passenger infrastructure as well as architecture. There are numerous adverts for suppliers to the scheme such as on the cover; Charles Brand & Son were the main civil engineering contractors for the tunnelling north of Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove as seen here. This included stations at Manor House, Wood Green, Turnpike Lane and Bounds Green.
These works were the last major project delivered by the Underground Group prior to the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board - London Transport - in 1933.
Visiting students from the South China University of Technology in a joint program with the University of Houston, photographed at the Cullen College of Engineering on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019.
The cofferdam for the new fishing pier is in situ ready for concrete filling in late December 2015. The MV "Victress" awaits loading at the Port.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
(Caption: The Diyala Weir on the Diyala River, 55 miles north east of Baghdad)
University of Salford academics have published a study, which shows that the flow of fresh water to Iraq via the Diyala River has been depleted by man-made regulation at its source in Iran, and have called for a treaty to protect Iraq’s water supply.
The Diyala River forms a natural border between Iran and Iraq for around 20 miles. It flows from Iran’s Zagros Mountains into eastern Iraq and joins the Tigris near Baghdad.
The new research shows that there has been a sharp shift in the flow of the Diyala during the last 15 years which cannot be attributed to climate change and dry spells alone. The reduction correlates with the building of dams, large-scale irrigation schemes, fish farms, and the industrial and municipal use of water upstream in Iran, causing the dwindling of the river’s flow into Iraq.
The cofferdam for the new fishing pier is in situ ready for concrete filling in late December 2015.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
Mississippi Guardmember Tech. Sgt. Eddie Morgan, a welder with the Mississippi Air National Guard's 186th Civil Engineering Squadron, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, welds a seam into a water boiler at Camp Justice, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba May 18, 2010. The 474th ECES supports JTF Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Nistas)
Poids en ordre de marche : 22 250 - 23 750 kg
Démolition totale de 7 pavillons.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Haussonville - Blandan - Donop
Adresse : avenue de Brabois
Fonction : Logements
Déconstruction : 2024 → 2025
Permis de démolir n° PD 54 395 21 R0017
▻ Délivré le 05/11/2021
Surface des bâtiments à démolir : 1 727 m²
Superficie du terrain : 1 765 m²
Travaux de développement et d'interconnexion des réseaux de chauffage urbain de la Métropole du Grand Nancy rue Louis Barthou à Saint-Max.
P R É S E N T A T I O N
Durée des travaux : 20/07/2026 → 28/08/2026
L O C A L I S A T I O N
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Saint-Max (54130)
Adresse : rue Louis Barthou
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier L’Écrin des Jardiniers comprenant 2 bâtiments collectifs pour 64 logements, 6 maisons individuelles ainsi que 71 places de stationnement construits sur le site de l'ancienne maison de retraite Notre Maison.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : 52, rue des Jardiniers
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2020 → 2022
• Architecte : Alain Casari
• Gros œuvre : Wig France
PC n° 54 395 19 R0021 délivré le 11/07/2019
Niveaux : R+5
Hauteur : 16.72 m
Surface de plancher : 4 888 m²
Superficie du terrain : 6 347 m²
Démolition des pavillons 3 et 4 du parc des expositions de la porte de Versailles (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles) avant leur reconstruction par l'agence Valode & Pistre.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Île-de-France
Villes : Paris (75000) / Issy-les-Moulineaux (92130)
The photograph documents the construction of the New Bridge, facing Bede Industrial estate. It was taken some time between the 15th October 1981 to the 10 August 1982.
The images are taken from a collection of black and white contact prints. The images document the development of the whole of the Metro system in South Tyneside.
The images are taken from the Mott, Hay and Anderson collection, consulting civil engineers responsible from the Tyneside Metro light rail system and the Tyne Pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular tunnels.
The photographers were Milbanke and Proudlock Fotographics Ltd.
Reference no. DT.MHA/20/B707/8
This image inspired ‘Interchange’, an experimental film and album of music by Warm Digits. More information can be found here www.twmuseums.org.uk/halfmemory/warm-digits-
interchange
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“When it opened on 17 December 2004, Millau Viaduct set new standards in both planning design and construction, as well as the record as one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in Europe.
At 2.4km long and 270m above the river at its highest point, the Millau viaduct spans a 2km valley in the Massif Central mountain range and forms the final link in the A75 highway from Paris to Barcelona.
The road has two lanes in each direction and costs €400m, which will be recouped by the builder, Eiffage, under a 75-year concession.
The Millau Viaduct rest area, which can be accessed from the A75 motorway or from Millau via the D911 and the Boulevard du Viaduct roads, was inaugurated in July 2017. The viaduct reached a threshold of five million vehicles for the first time on 29 December 2017.”
www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/millau_viaduct/
Further reading:
www.tourisme-aveyron.com/en/millau-viaduct/discover-milla...
This photograph shows a group entering a Metro Shaft. 18th December 1974.
This image is from a series documenting the sinking of shafts at Sandyford Road and Forth Banks sites and excavation of the Jesmond and Haymarket drives leading from these shafts.
The images are taken from the Mott, Hay and Anderson collection, consulting civil engineers responsible from the Tyneside Metro light rail system and the Tyne Pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular tunnels. The photographers were Turners (Photography) Ltd of 7-15 Pink Lane, Newcastle.
Reference no. DT.MHA/17/1/J1134/7
This image inspired ‘Interchange’, an experimental film and album of music by Warm Digits. More information can be found here www.twmuseums.org.uk/halfmemory/warm-digits-
interchange
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk
On Thursday, Sep. 23, Louisville District Commander Col. Eric Crispino talked to University of Louisville senior civil engineering students about the mission of the Corps of Engineers. Engineering Division is continuing its partnership with the UofL Civil Engineering Department to offer technical presentations each semester. The presentations serve as an excellent recruiting opportunity and additional talks are scheduled for October and November. ( by Monica Greenwell).
Travaux de déconstruction de deux bâtiments de l'ancienne école Victor Hugo.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Laxou (54520)
Adresse : rue Victor Hugo
Fonction : Éducation
Déconstruction : 2023
Démolition du rocher aux Macaques dans le parc de la Pépinière à Nancy.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Centre
A long exposure shot from early in the year at Marsden, West Yorkshire. The canal goes under the Pennines here, emerging at Diggle near Oldham.
Restructuration de l'ancien Hôpital Villemin en une résidence intergénérationnelle de 82 logements.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : rue de Nabécor
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2025 → 2026
▻ Architecte : GHA ARCHITECTES
Permis de construire n° PC 54 395 24 00041
▻ Délivré le 24/07/2024
Niveaux : R+4
Hauteur : ≈16,00 m
Surface de plancher existante : 4 821,50 m²
Surface de plancher créée : 849 m²
Compacting under slab hardcore, with diesel driven vibrating plate compactor. Hardcore is applied and compacted in layers until required level is established.
This image is part of the CalVisual for Construction Image Archive. For more information visit www.engsc.ac.uk/resources/calvisual/index.asp
Author: Loughborough University
The Coastal Carolina University Softball and Baseball Complex project by Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood consists of demolition and replacement of the current stadium in an effort to achieve the Chanticleer program’s goal of providing top-rate facilities for student athletes that emulate the “Coastal” feeling.
Improvements include new team facilities, recessed dugouts, 2,500-spectator seating capacity, restrooms, full-service concessions, novelty sales area, press box with work space for media personnel, premium box and suite areas, clubhouse and locker room for athletes along with coaches and umpires and potential upgrades to the lights, scoreboard and existing landscape.
This facility was designed in collaboration with Populous.
Compacting under slab hardcore with diesel driven vibrating plate compactor. Whilst operational, plate compactors are easily maneuvered and operated.
This image is part of the CalVisual for Construction Image Archive. For more information visit www.engsc.ac.uk/resources/calvisual/index.asp
Author: Loughborough University
The City of Hoover has seen enormous growth in its sports programs over the past 10 years and needed a new complex that would fulfill their existing needs, allow for growth and give the City the ability to create new revenue streams and take advantage of sports tourism by hosting large tournament events. Hoover had not built any new athletic facilities in 15 years. At the same time the City’s sports participation had increased by multiples of 200% - 500% depending on the sport. The growth was caused by increases in both youth and adult sports leagues, as well as the relatively recent popularity of additional sports.
The multi-purpose Finley Center, which connects to the existing Hoover Met baseball stadium with a covered walkway, is able to accommodate a full-size football or soccer field, nine regulation-size basketball courts, 12 regulation-size volleyball courts or six indoor tennis courts. It can also seat 2,400 for banquets and 5,000 for events with general seating, such as a graduation ceremony or concert. Additional features of the indoor facility include a recreational walking track suspended 14 feet in the air, an athletic training and rehab center, and a food court.
The Finley Center sits on a 120 acre site that GMC master planned and includes fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and softball, tennis courts, a play ground walking track and splash pad.
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood (GMC) provided master planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental engineering services for this project.