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Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
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Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia.
This building is also a courthouse, serving as the seat of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. It houses the Civil Trial and Orphans' Court Divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. It also houses the Philadelphia facilities for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (which also holds session and accepts filings in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh).
Built using brick, white marble and limestone, Philadelphia City Hall is the world's largest free-standing masonry building and was the world's tallest habitable building upon its completion in 1894. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976; in 2006, it was also named a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
This aqueduct system, unprecedented in size and scope at the time of its 1913 completion, was the prototype for the extensive water supply systems needed to support the major urban complexes of today. Begun in 1907, this aqueduct was more than 200 miles long and provided Los Angeles with a flow of 440 cubic feet per second.*
CHL NO. 653 THE CASCADES - This is the terminus of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct, which brings water 338 miles from the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada to the City of Los Angeles. Begun in 1905, the great aqueduct was completed November 5, 1913. The Mono Craters Tunnel project, completed in 1940, extended the system 27 miles to its present northernmost intake near Tioga Pass.
Location: 0.1 mi N of intersection of Foothill Blvd and Balboa Blvd, 4 mi NW of San Fernando
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Mr Fernado Sol Jr and Mr Jacinto Ramos post with CE students in Christmas Party in 1998
CE Graduates Batch 1999-2000
Noel Raymund C. Ballesteros
Ruth Elena S. Campos
Alona L. Castro
Walter S. Dequino
Rhoda C. Quizon
Henry A. Doroy
Joseph R. Estrella
Viviane D. Flores
Juan B. Boboyo
Christopher B.Imbien
Julius B.King
Sheila Quiacos
Francisco D. Reyes Jr.
Rodel R. Reyes
Richard S. Uaje
Nestle R.Sapitola
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.
The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, just outside of Los Angeles. Built in 1922 and located among the San Gabriel Mountains in the Arroyo Seco of Los Angeles County, the stadium is recognized as a United States National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark. At a modern capacity of 92,542, the Rose Bowl is the 18th-largest stadium in the world, the 12th-largest stadium in the United States, and the 11th largest NCAA stadium.
One of the most famous stadiums in American sporting history, the Rose Bowl is best known as an American football venue, specifically as the host of the annual Rose Bowl Game for which it is named. Since 1982, the stadium has also served as the home stadium of the UCLA Bruins football team. The stadium has also hosted five Super Bowl games, second most of any venue. The Rose Bowl is also a noted soccer (association football) venue, hosting the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, and the 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Match, as well as numerous CONCACAF and United States Soccer Federation matches.
The Rose Bowl and adjacent Brookside Golf and Country Club are owned by the City of Pasadena and managed by the Rose Bowl Operating Company, a non-profit organization whose board is selected by council members of the City of Pasadena. UCLA and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses also have one member on the company board.
In 2007, Sports Illustrated named the Rose Bowl the number one venue in college sports.
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U.S. Air Force members from the 628th Civil Engineering Squadron, Fire Protection, respond to a simulated interior fire during training, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Oct. 5, 2011. The interior burn within the static training aircraft allows Joint Base Charleston firefighters the ability to master their extinguishing abilities in case of an actual event. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)
The cofferdam for the new fishing pier is in situ ready for concrete filling in late December 2015.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the first week of September, 2016.
Constant traffic nowadays with hard material being trucked in and dumped in storage areas along The Slang/Rehills section of the river bank.
Further work is now being undertaken to upgrade the protection of the riverbank edge with the laying down of extra stone material.
With the recent convoys of trucks bringing in vast quantities of stone, we now see that;
(a) some of the larger boulders are intended to be used as reinforcements along the base of certain bank edges (which have to be excavated again), and;
(b) some of the medium size stones look like they will be used to create secondary shelves along the riverside.
At the same time, the guys are working (or playing?) on changing the profile of the stepped terrace along the face of the Slang/Rehills section.
Seems like every time they do this, and we believe it is a 'finished' piece of work, they confound us later by ripping it up all over again.
I know there is value in maintaining this area as a smooth accessible strip. But the degree of attention they apply to this is then wasted by the randomness with which they undo all the previous work.
I call it the 'Biggest Sandpit/Playarea' in Wicklow, in Leinster, in Ireland.
Late evening mini-convoy of earth-moving vehicles with the sun casting long shadows.
Civil Engineering: Success of any land development. Civil engineering services / jobs for civil engineering projects & civil engineering design at eEngineers in India.
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)
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.
The Galveston Seawall is a seawall in Galveston, Texas, USA that was built after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 for protection from future hurricanes. Construction began in September, 1902, and the initial segment was completed on July 29, 1904. From 1904 to 1963, the seawall was extended from 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to over 10 miles (16 km) long.
Reporting in the aftermath of the 1983 Hurricane Alicia, the Corps of Engineers estimated that $100 million in damage was avoided because of the seawall. On September 13, 2008 Hurricane Ike's storm surge and large waves over-topped the seawall. As a result, a commission was established by the Texas Governor following the hurricane to investigate preparing for and mitigating future disasters.
A proposal has been put forth to build an "Ike Dike," a massive levee system which would protect the Galveston Bay, and the important industrial facilities which line the coast and the ship channel, from a future, potentially more destructive storm. The proposal has gained widespread support from a variety of business interests. As of 2009 it is currently only at the conceptual stage. Further proposals for a layered network of smaller, local levees and natural protections have been put forward by the SSPEED Center at Rice University and the University of Houston. These proposals include a surge gate at the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel connecting adjacent high ground near the Hartman Bridge, and hard protections for the west shore of Galveston Bay and around the densely developed east end of Galveston Island. Also included is the proposed lower coastal Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area.
Texas F.M. 3005 is known as Seawall Boulevard where it runs along the seawall. The sidewalk adjacent to Seawall Boulevard on top of the seawall is claimed to be the longest continuous sidewalk in the world at 10.3 miles (16.6 km) long.
The seawall is 10 miles (16 km) long. It is approximately 17 feet (5.2 m) high, and 16 feet (4.9 m) thick at its base. The seawall was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and designated a National Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2001.
Many miles of the seawall are painted with murals called "wall art". These huge murals are painted by children and depict underwater life. The art is meant to make the seawall more interesting to visitors.
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This is the new site for the Forth Valley Collage;Alloa Annex .
Work is well underway with foundations and retaining walls being constructed.Most of the piling work is completed due to limited space on site the remaining piling work will be completed later
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the 3rd week of October 2017.
I've been recording this project now for 5+ years.
Most of the main civil engineering works have ceased along the Slang/Rehills section of the river bank.
These images show the reclamation works now happening to restore the western end of The People's Park, adjacent to River Lane, which was once the major works compound and a site that proved of great inconvenience to the local residents for the best part of 6 years.
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'River Dargle Boardwalk'
Opened by Cathaoirleach Pat Fitzgrald, Wicklow County Council, in the presence of Cathaoirleach Steven Matthews, Bray Municipal District.
20th May 2017.
In recognition of the contribution made by Councillor Jane Murphy, Cathaoirleach 1982.
In the time it took for me to wander over to get a close up of their beautiful feat of civil engineering a catastrophe had struck - the "protestors for Thailand's freedom" defensive sand bag wall had fallen over. The Dear Leader Suthep would not be happy.
And nor did this lass seem chuffed at the situation. Nor was there any use her blowing a whistle at it.
I must admit I thought we were up for a bit of a "the windmill has collapsed chapter in Animal Farm" reaction - and for the mob to appear and for this farang to be chased off their land, or lynched, or shafted with a flag pole up the bum, or something. Alas, none of that. Oooops, fortunately, none of that.
It was Thai smiles all round and seeing there was nowt else to do it was back to work and on with rebuilding it.... this time two, yes two, bags deep - as the lass had obviously said the first time. Very wise.
"Meanwhile, Molly was down by the brook, looking at her reflection in the water and admiring the new red, white and blue ribbons that she wore in her mane... Her hooves meant it was hard for her to manipulate the camera functions on her iPhone, but with some considerable effort she was, at last, able to post a selfie on her Facebook page."
Yup, it is all so George Orwell / Animal Farm isn't it?
Hundreds turn out for Kaiserslautern Special Olympics
By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Crowds of spectators cheered as MeeHee Ashe and fellow Special Olympics athletes sprinted down the 50-meter track during the annual games held in Enkenbach-Alsenborn.
For those 22 seconds, as she ran under sunny skies beside German and American athletes, Ashe, 27, felt happy, she said. Over the past few weeks, she has been training and preparing herself for the May 5 event – as she has done for more than two decades.
“I like to run,” Ashe said. “I forget about some things and just do it.”
The spring games, sponsored by U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, included tennis, track & field, badminton, soccer, basketball and volleyball. They have been held in Kaiserslautern Military Community for 28 years – the past 14 years at the German police academy, whose officers also supported the event. In all, more than 800 German and American athletes took part. They were supported by roughly 1,300 volunteers.
Lorelai Browning, 17, a Vilseck High School student carried the Olympic torch into the arena. Her parents, Sgt. 1st Class Henry Browning and his wife Lorenna, watched with pride.
“It’s such an honor for her.” Lorenna Browning said. “We’re so excited.”
Everyone who took part is a winner, said Lt. Col Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, during his opening remarks.
“These games are intended to help the athletes gain confidence and build a positive self-image that carries over into the classroom, home, job and community,” Hutchison said. “It also fosters friendships between volunteers and athletes and provides a forum for better understanding of adults and children with intellectual disabilities.”
Nearby, Spc. Brad Abraham, 20, of Turlock, Calif., handed 10-year-old Aaron Evans a bottle of water as the Ramstein Intermediate School student prepared for his sprint. Abraham was among hundreds of Kaiserslautern Soldiers and Airmen who volunteered to support the event.
“In the Army, helping people is part of what we do,” Abraham said. “It’s fun, when you get into it.”
Evans darted down the dusty track, flanked by other children who laughed and smiled as they crossed the finish line. Afterward, Abraham pinned a yellow ribbon to Evans’s blue Special Olympics t-shirt.
“I enjoy seeing kids enjoying this,” Abraham said. “If they’re having fun, then we’re having fun.”
The event marked the second year volunteering for Senior Airman James Carlisle, 29, and engineering assistant from Pascagoula, Miss., who serves with the 86th Civil Engineering Squadron at Ramstein Air Base. He served as a buddy for Dominik Keller, a seven-year-old Kaiserslautern athlete. Carlisle noticed that Keller and other young athletes were not so interested in “hearing all the talk in the beginning,” he said.
“They knew what they wanted when they got here. The first thing out of their mouth was ‘Fussball’ – they wanted to play soccer,” Carlisle said. “They look forward to this all year. It’s really exciting.”
Kids got plastic firefighters’ hats and clambered into U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern fire trucks on display. Nearby, participants made arts and crafts projects and hitched rides on a mini-train.
Garrison volunteers sweated over huge grills, barbequing hundreds of hot dogs and hamburgers.
The final sporting event was a friendly soccer match between German and American athletes. Germany won, 8-0. Then, crowds applauded as Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Jessup led fellow senior enlisted leaders from Kaiserslautern’s Army and Air Force units in the presentation of medallions to athletes.
Ashe climbed the pedestal and slightly bowed to receive her medal, to the cheers of her parents, Charlie and Nelda, plus hundreds of other people crowding the grandstands. Afterward, athletes, volunteers and spectators joined hands in a huge circle and sang “We Are The World.”
“It feels happy inside,” Ashe said. “It’s about winning and it’s not about losing. It’s about having fun.”
(Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern)
Dr. Walter Blessey
Walter Blessey, Tulane University engineering professor, dies at 90
Published: Monday, February 22, 2010, 8:03 PM
John Pope, The Times-Picayune
Walter Blessey, a member of Tulane University's engineering faculty for 42 years who also designed overpasses and wharves and was an adviser on the construction of the Louisiana Superdome, died Wednesday at Christwood Retirement Community in Covington. He was 90.
A lifelong resident of the New Orleans area, Mr. Blessey moved to Christwood with his wife, Ruth Peterson Blessey, after Hurricane Katrina's floods destroyed their home in Lakewood South. She died in 2008.
Mr. Blessey, who earned undergraduate and master's degrees in civil engineering at Tulane, joined the engineering faculty as an assistant professor of experimental engineering in 1942, just before receiving a commission in the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps. During World War II, Mr. Blessey was plans officer for the commander of naval construction troops on Okinawa.
He returned to Tulane after the conflict. In 1956, he was appointed a professor, and he became chairman of the civil engineering department in 1959. He held that position until he retired in June 1984.
As the result of an initiative by 350 former students in 38 states, Tulane's Civil Engineering Building was renamed Walter E. Blessey Hall in June 2002.
Two years later, he was elected to the Louisiana Engineering Society's Wall of Fame. The society had given him its James M. Todd Technological Accomplishment Medal in 1975.
Besides being a teacher and an administrator, Mr. Blessey was an active consultant for bridges, wharves and buildings throughout the South, including the Superdome, West Jefferson Medical Center, the Canal Boulevard underpass, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Among his projects was the development of long cylindrical concrete piles.
He also was a pioneer in the design of the all-welded overpass.
Mr. Blessey traveled extensively to deliver lectures, not only in the United States but also in Central and South America and China.
He was a former national president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The New Orleans affiliate gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. Mr. Blessey was named the College of Engineering's outstanding alumnus in 1979, and he received a Special Citation Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction's Board of Directors in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to the fabricated-steel industry."
Mr. Blessey was elected to two honorary engineering societies, Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon, and to Omicron Delta Kappa, the honorary society for campus leaders.
He was a former president of the New Orleans Country Club, a former member of the Orleans Levee Board and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. He was a former director of First Financial Bank and chairman of the board of Munholland United Methodist Church, and he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Pickwick Club and the Royal Society of St. George, an organization for people who love all things English.
Survivors include a son, Walter Blessey Jr.; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral was held Monday at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home. Burial was in Metairie Cemetery.