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Redevelopment of Reading Station and railway tracks. View from Vastern Road, north side of the railway.
Paterson, New Jersey
Constructed 1792-1864
"In Paterson people did not just invent; they tried everything - a repeating revolver, a submarine, an airplane that could fly across the Atlantic. And Paterson did not just manufacture; it produced articles that redefined the limits of life."
- Christopher Norwood, "About Paterson", Saturday Review Press, 1974
Visionary Alexander Hamilton, the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury, visited the Great Falls of the Passaic River with George Washington in 1778. The 77-foot-high, 280-foot-wide waterfall inspired his dream of abundant, inexpensive energy as the means for economic independence from foreign markets.
In 1791 Hamilton enlisted the aid of some patriots, industrialists, and financiers to form the "Society for Establishing Usefull (sic) Manufactures" (S.U.M.) specifically to create America's first industrial community. The S.U.M. then hired Pierre Charles l'Enfant and Peter Colt to design and oversee construction of the first raceway and power system in Paterson to harness the Passaic River's energy.
The energy provided by the Great Falls raceway and water power system fostered countless engineering and industrial innovations, including the Colt revolver, the Holland submarine, the Curtiss-Wright aircraft engine, and textile and silk manufacturing which made Paterson famous as the "Silk City."
Facts
- The Society for Establishing Usefull [sic] Manufactures operated the early raceway system from 1794 to 1799 and diverted water from the Passaic behind a wooden dam above the falls. The water then entered into a reservoir and passed through the raceway to a flume and waterwheel to provide power for operating a mill.
- The raceway and power system was modified several times in the 1800's as the use of water power for manufacturing evolved from a simple waterwheel to hydroelectric power.
- The system today represents one of the finest and most extensive remaining collections of engineering, planning, and architectural works of the period of the United States' earliest industrial development.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Portes ouvertes à la Carrière de Trapp de Raon-l'Étape lors des Journées européennes du patrimoine 2023.
Poids en ordre de marche : 104 500 kg
Capacité du godet : 10 - 14 m³
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
Work continues on the redevelopment and expansion of Reading Station. View of what will become the new entrance from Vastern Road.
Poids en ordre de marche : 109 400 - 131 600 kg
Hauteur de travail : 41 m
Déconstruction de la Tour de la cité administrative à Colmar.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Alsace)
Département : Haut-Rhin (68)
Ville : Colmar (68000)
Quartier : Saint-Léon
Adresse : rue Fleischhauer
Fonction : Administration
Construction : ≈1970
Déconstruction : 2024
Niveaux : R+13
Hauteur : 45,00 m
Water line plan & profile for the Toyota dealership at 4900 Weidemar Lane in Austin, TX
(COA Case #SP-2009-0323C) Circa 2009
South of McGregor "prime" is this pyramidally shaped drainage structure. It channels water flowing down the bluffside through a berm.
I tried to frame this one to achieve a Kubrickesque monolith feel.
View of the engineering work on expanding Reading railway station taken from Vastern Road next to the roundabout.
Construction du programme Mosaic comprenant 3 bâtiments pour 184 logements.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Est
Adresse : 58, boulevard d'Austrasie
Fonction : Logements
Construction : 2018 → 2021
• Architecte : Oslo Architectes
• Gros œuvre : WIG France
PC n° 54 395 17 R0028 délivré le 08 août 2017
Niveaux : R+5
Hauteur : 20.50 m
Surface de plancher : 9 660,90 m²
Superficie du terrain : 6 355 m²
Renisha Karki, a PhD student in environmental engineering, takes a swing at the CEE Mini Golf course set up in the Blue Lounge of the George G. Brown Laboratory on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
For this round two environmental engineers teamed up to play with two civil engineering undergrads. From left to right the others are Anthony Colton, Claire Smith, and Renata Starostka.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
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I went for a visit to Derby for their comedy festival and to spend the weekend with Gemma.
Saturday morning we went to Belper to the river gardens and the horseshoe weir, which is an incredible piece of civil engineering!
The gardens are lovely and tranquil. It was a great little alternative to our usual trip to Dovedale - which we called off because the weather wasn't great.
Had a lovely morning though!