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Ismailia, Egypt
Constructed between 1859 and 1869
The idea of creating a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea is a very old one that dates back about 4000 years to the ancient Egyptians. They thought of linking the two seas by using the River Nile and its branches. It was this very old desire that led to the digging of the present Suez Canal.
The building of the Suez Canal was considered the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century. Historically, it the first man-made canal ever dug in service of world trade, and when it opened in 1869, the Canal was the longest man-made sea level canal in the world.
At its opening, the Canal was 164 km long, had a water depth of 7.5 m, and could handle a maximum tonnage of 5,000 D.W.T. Over the years it has been improved in order to cope with the development in the international fleet and to serve world trade. By the year 2001, the Canal was 190.25 km long, had a water depth of 22.5 m, and could handle a maximum tonnage of 210,000 D.W.T.
The modern Suez Canal is still one of the world's most heavily used shipping-routes and continues to play a critical role in international trade.
Resources:
Hallberg, Charles W. The Suez Canal, Its History and Diplomatic Importance, Octagon Books, 1974.
Karabell, Zachary. Parting the Desert: the Creation of the Suez Canal, New York: Knopf, 2003.
Marlowe, John. The World Ditch: the Making of the Suez Canal, New York: Macmillan, 1964.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
Redevelopment of Reading Station and railway tracks. View from Vastern Road, north side of the railway.
Poids en ordre de marche : 58 400 kg
Hauteur de travail : 22 m
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
â–» 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
Appleton, Wisconsin
Completed 1882
Mr. H.J. Rogers is a man who ordinarily deals in heavy things, such as his paper and pulp mills. Within the past few days, however, he has changed his tactics, or rather ... he has gone in for light transactions. He has purchased the exclusive right for illuminating the towns of the Fox River Valley with the Edison electric lamp.
- The Appleton Post, July 27, 1882
By 1880, Thomas Edison had already demonstrated his system for generating electricity with low-resistance generators that delivered power to low-resistance incandescent bulbs. One of the first locations for the application of Edison's demonstration was Appleton, Wisconsin, located on the Fox River just 30 miles southwest of Green Bay. On September 30, 1882, the Vulcan Street Plant in the Appleton Pulp Mill became the first central-station plant in the world to generate electricity by combining the latest advances in hydro-power sites with one of Edison's new electrical generators.
The Edison Company had already begun to generate electricity with steam power 26 days earlier at its Pearl Street plant in New York City, but steam-generated electricity proved more expensive. Within four years of Appleton's pioneering effort, nearly 50 hydroelectric generating projects were announced throughout North America and, by the turn of the century, hydroelectric power accounted for more than 40 percent of the United States' total electricity supply.
For more information on civil engineering history, go to www.asce.org/history.
This is to introduce a small study of the Plotland houses along Thames Meadow on the Shepperton side of the Thames at Walton Bridge.
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.
Travaux de modernisation de la Station-Service Auchan Laxou rue de la Sapinière à Laxou.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Laxou (54520)
Quartier : Sapinière
Adresse : rue de la Sapinière
Fonction : Service
Construction : 2017 → 2018
• Architecte : AXENS Architecture
PC n° 54 304 17 N0023 délivré le 20 octobre 2017
Hauteur : 5.40 m
Superficie du terrain : 36 695 m²
Démolition partielle du pont des Fusillés à Nancy en vue de la construction d'un parc de stationnement de 377 places dans la ZAC Nancy Grand Coeur.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Centre
Adresse : boulevard Joffre
Fonction : Parking
Construction : 2016 → 2019
â–» Architecte : Cabinet Beal et Blanckaert
Permis d'aménager n° 54 395 15 00001
▻ Délivré le 21 décembre 2015
Superficie du terrain : 6 092 m²
Superficie de l'ouvrage à démolir : 1 666 m²
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.
Profile of the sidewalk & retaining wall from the District at SoCo located at 501 E. Oltorf St., Austin, TX. Plans were approved in 2006; Construction began late 2011.
Travaux sur le réseau d'eau potable rue de Saurupt à Nancy.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : rue de Saurupt
Durée des travaux : février 2025 → mai 2025
The new platforms and lines at Reading Station take shape. A reminder of what the site looked like in May 2011 is at www.flickr.com/photos/rbainfo/7392504222/
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
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