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Authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1946, construction on Gathright Dam began in 1974 and completed in 1979. The dam sits about 20 miles upstream from Covington, Va., on the Jackson River in Alleghany County, Va. The intake tower allows the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District staff to not only control the amount of flow allowed to pass by the dam downstream, but also allows the staff to control the temperature of the water by taking in water from different depths of Lake Moomaw. (U.S. Army Photo)
Oil and gas engineers inspect a large gas refinery north of Baghdad.
Credit : ILO/Apex Image
Date : 2009/11
Country : Irak
Sgt. Clinton Keen, left, and Staff Sgt. Ana O'Hara, 544th Engineer Company, 52nd Eng. Battalion, construct a guard shack Saturday during a training exercise that challenged engineers to help "village elders" protect local water supplies while facing threats from "opposition forces" played by fellow Soldiers.
Engineer Blake and company take LCHI102 west through Lockport. The com-ed generating station provides a nice backdrop on this wet afternoon.
We shadowed our friends at the 553rd Forward Engineer Support Team – Advance en route to a mission in Kandahar. The team deployed to Afghanistan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District and will be supporting engineering and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan for the next nine months. The men and women serving in the 553rd Forward Engineer Support Team – Advance are rare. There are only eight teams like them in the world; each comprised of one officer-in-charge, one non-commissioned officer and six highly-skilled U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilian technical experts. From design, construction management, contracting, geospatial support and more, the teams quickly produce relevant engineering products and services worldwide.
Grand chain, Ill. - The crew at Lock and Dam 53 on the Ohio River covers the power house windows with plywood to keep drift from breaking them as the river rises.
(US Army Corps of Engineers photo by Linda Goode)
A soldier serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks past a soldier of the Somali National Army (SNA) in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, during a security sweep of a former police station by a team of AMISOM engineers for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 03 October 2012. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab withdrew from the city on 02 October after AMISOM troops, Somali National Army (SNA) forces and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade entered and captured Kismayo without a fight. During their security sweep, AMISOM engineers found one device planted in the perimeter wall next to the entrance, which was destroyed by a controlled explosion. AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE.
David Edwards - High-voltage electrical engineer, Hatch Consulting Engineers, Wollongong
“”Smoke Ghosts” is the title David Edwards gave this photo. It shows the Port Kembla Steelworks south of Wollongong. “I can see the steelworks from my office and they often inspire me, particularly when the night sky adds some mystery to the view,” he said.”
United States Military Academy cadets receive instruction on demolition tactics from 101st Airborne Combat Engineers at Range 12, West Point, New York on June 15, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Hennen, USMA)
Engineers help Amanda get ready. From left to right are Adam Zoss, PhD, Gabriel Hein, and Tim Swift, PhD. This photo was taken on May 6, 2011 by Photographer, Jan Sturmann.
Kenyan Army engineers and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Benton discuss the techniques used to work with local civilians during a civil affairs field training exercise in Embakasi, Kenya, October 19. Benton, a member of the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion team, facilitated the exercise with the Kenyan Army trainers and shared best practices on establishing relationships with civilians during assessments that would be required for critical infrastructure projects. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane.
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Two of the Drive Wheels from the Duchess of Hamilton York National Rail Museum Yorkshire England
Nikon D60 18-55mm Kit Lens
While construction continues on the final phase of homes in the Eagle Housing Project on Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, construction is slated to begin soon on the Phantom and Falcon Housing areas. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is managing both projects. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mark Nedzbala)
Corps of Engineers Park Rangers hosted the 2010 Dale Hollow Lake Eagle Watch Jan. 16, 2010. Front row, left to right: Amber Jones, Stephen Beason, Bryson Jarons, Sondra Carmen; back row, left to right: Bobby Bartlett, Stacy Bilbrey, Aaron Jones, Matthew Jameson and Gregory Nivens. (Photo by Mark Rankin)
Civil Engineer liveried class 31/4 locomotive 31466 ( 31115, D5533) is seen on display at the Bescot Open Day
6th May 1990
The Engineer 65 Gloucester Avenue NW1.
The 'engineer' in question was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Seen here smoking one of his (up-to-forty-a-day) cigars outside the pub bar/restaurant.
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(I'm told it's frequented by 'the beautiful people' - and apparently, by fish.)
United States Military Academy cadets receive instruction on demolition tactics from 101st Airborne Combat Engineers at Range 12, West Point, New York on June 15, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Hennen, USMA)
Freightliner Class 66, 66 503 "The Railway Magazine" heads through Acton Bridge with a rake of empty autoballasters as 6Y60 05:00 Rainhill to Crewe Basford Hall after overnight engineering work.
Holocaust Memorial; Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas"
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial Holocaust-Mahnmal, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It consists of a 19,000 square metres (4.7 acres) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or "stelae", arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) long, 0.95 m (3 ft 1 in) wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.8 m (8 in to 15 ft 9 in). According to Eisenman's project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. A 2005 copy of the Foundation for the Memorial's official English tourist pamphlet, however, states that the design represents a radical approach to the traditional concept of a memorial, partly because Eisenman did not use any symbolism. An attached underground "Place of Information" Ort der Information holds the names of all known Jewish Holocaust victims, obtained from the Israeli museum Yad Vashem.
Building began on April 1, 2003 and was finished on December 15, 2004. It was inaugurated on May 10, 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II, and opened to the public two days later. It is located one block south of the Brandenburg Gate, in the Friedrichstadt neighbourhood. The cost of construction was approximately €25 million.
The memorial is controversial, and was described by Gnats Bubbies, the then leader of the German Jewish community, as unnecessary.
History
German journalist Lea Rosh was the driving force behind the memorial. In 1989, she founded a group to support its construction and to collect donations. With growing support, the Bundestag passed a resolution in favour of the project.
First competition
In April 1994 a competition for its design was announced in Germany's major newspapers. Twelve artists were specifically invited to submit a design and given 50,000 DM (€ 25,000) to do so. The only rules and guidelines given were that building the project could only cost up to 15 million DM (€ 7.5 million). The winning proposal was to be selected by a jury consisting of representatives from the fields of art, architecture, urban design, history, politics and administration. It included a few minor celebrities such as Frank Schirrmacher, co-editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The deadline for the proposals was October 28. On May 11, an information colloquium took place in Berlin, where people interested in submitting a design could receive some more information about the nature of the memorial to be designed. Ignatz Bubis, the president of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland, and Wolfgang Nagel, the construction senator of Berlin, spoke at the event.
Before the deadline, the documents required to submit a proposal were requested over 2600 times and 528 proposals were submitted. The jury met on January 15, 1995 to pick the best submission. First, Walter Jens, the president of the Akademie der Künste was elected chairman of the jury. In the following days, all but 13 submissions were eliminated from the race in several rounds of looking through all works. As had already been arranged, the jury met again on March 15. 11 submissions were restored to the race as requested by several jurors, after they had had a chance to review the eliminated works in the months in between the meetings. Two works were then recommended by the jury to the foundation to be checked as to whether they could be completed within the price range given. One was designed by a group around the architect Simon Ungers from Hamburg; it consisted of 85x85 m square of steel girders on top of concrete blocks located on the corners. The names of several extermination camps would be perforated into the girders, so that these would be projected onto objects or people in the area by sunlight. The other winner was a design by Christine Jackob-Marks. Her concept consisted of 100x100 m large concrete plate, 7 meters thick. It would be tilted, rising up to 11 meters and walkable on special paths. The names of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust would be engraved into the concrete, with spaces left empty for those victims whose names remain unknown. Large pieces of debris from Massada, a mountaintop-fortress in Israel, whose Jewish inhabitants killed themselves to avoid being captured or killed by the Roman soldiers rushing in, would be spread over the concrete plate. These plans would eventually be vetoed by Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Peter Eisenman's plan emerged as the winner of the next competition in November 1997. On June 25, 1999, a large majority of the Bundestag decided in favour of Eisenman's plan, modified by attaching a museum, or "place of information," designed by Berlin-based exhibition designer Dagmar von Wilcken. Across the street from the northern boundary of the memorial is the new Embassy of the United States in Berlin, which opened July 4, 2008. For a while, issues over setback for U.S. embassy construction impacted the memorial. Construction of the memorial started in April 2003.
On December 15, 2004 the memorial was finished. It was dedicated on May 10, 2005 as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day and opened to the public two days later. Holocaust survivor Sabina Wolanski was chosen to speak on behalf of the six million dead. In her speech she noted that although the Holocaust had taken everything she valued, it had also taught her that hatred and discrimination are doomed to fail. She also emphasised that the children of the perpetrators of the Holocaust are not responsible for the actions of their parents.
It is estimated that some 3.5 million visitors entered the memorial in the first year it was open, or about 10,000 every day. About 490,000 people also visited the underground Information Centre, 40% of them non-Germans. The foundation operating the memorial considered this a success; its head, Uwe Neumärker, called the memorial a "tourist magnet". There was also vandalism, however: swastikas were drawn on the stelae on five different occasions in this first year.
USAID/Haiti Engineer Ernest Paultre (third from left) is recognized for his efforts by EDH Director Andres Appolon, President Michel Martelly and Minister of Public Works Jacques Rousseau on May 22, 2013. Photo copyright Kendra Helmer/USAID
If I were to give advice to a future engineer, I would say to learn your theoretical skills well, get your hands dirty and build some things, be open to learning and doing things you didn’t expect, and practice writing and public speaking every chance you get.
Non-motorized boating pilot program comes to an end
LOS ANGELES — When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, granted a license in July for a seven week non-motorized boating pilot program on the Los Angeles River, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps quickly booked the allotted tours.
“It took about 10 minutes for the 280 tickets to sell, once we posted the announcement on line,” said Yasmin Mero-Corona, program coordinator, Los Angeles Conservation Corps. “We had another 300 on a waiting list to fill any no-shows. One gentleman stood by with his check every weekend until we had a cancellation for him to fill,” Mero-Corona added.
The test program allowed for no more than two trips per day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning August 12 and ending September 25. The program was as much about education as it was access, with many of the tours featuring guest speakers, including Corps personnel, talking about the history of the river and plans for its revitalization.
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority supervised the two-hour canoe and kayak trips covering a 1.5-mile stretch of the river. While most of the trip is a leisurely ride the 'Cattail Shoot' provides a bit of excitement as the staff helps participants and their vessels through a narrow, shallow shoot and one portage point, 'Rocky Rapids,' that requires boaters to exit their crafts and navigate the rocks on foot.
“A mentor of mine when I was a biologist at New York District was fond of saying, touch the resource. That's what accessing the river is to so many urban dwellers in Los Angeles,” said Josephine Axt, Chief, Planning Division, Los Angeles District, during her tour September 16.
“Even though there are nearby mountains where people can enjoy the outdoors, their day to day experience doesn't usually encourage or encompass much of a non-urban environment. Accessing the river is symbolic of a shared vision many LA residents have of the city embracing a more sustainable future,” added Axt.
For many boaters these trips represented their first access to the river and their enthusiasm was not tied to their skill level.
“The participants were nervous at first because for many adults, this was the first time on a canoe or kayak,” said Supervising Ranger III, Fernando Gomez. “However, at the end of the trip, they wanted more and some even said they were going to go out and buy a kayak to continue their experience, not on the LA River of course. For the skilled kayakers, they walked away with the surprise of how beautiful and calming the trip was,” Gomez added.
The Corps is an active partner in revitalizing and preserving the Los Angeles River, however, an important primary mission remains.
“I must be clear, nothing we do can jeopardize human safety or reduce the flood carrying capacity of this river,” said Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District Commander, during his opening remarks for the inaugural tour Aug. 8.
Now that the non-motorized boating pilot program has ended, no boating is authorized on the Los Angeles River. The river can, very quickly, become extremely dangerous, especially during the general winter storm season.
The Corps will review trip reports and lessons learned from staff and participants. Working with the stakeholders the Corps will carefully consider all options for boating on the Los Angeles River in future years.
Louisville, Ky. - Col. Keith Landry, Louisville District Commander (center), and Bud Schardein, Director, Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District (right), talk with news reporter Andy Alcock, WLKY, about how the Corps and the city stand united to minimize flood risk in Louisville.
(US Army Corps of Engineers photo taken by Mike Lush)
Nineteen “future engineers” from Girl Scouts Troops 50303 and 51085 recently visited College of DuPage to take part in activities promoting engineering. Guided by members of the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) chapter at College of DuPage, the scouts constructed model bridges, made balloon-powered cars and learned about the effect of drag on projectiles. Organized by the SWE College of DuPage Chapter President Samantha Dando, this event was designed to introduce the girls to the hands-on problem solving aspects of engineering and provide them with information on what it means to be an engineer. The SWE is an international organization that encourages an inclusive environment in engineering disciplines to help women achieve their full potential in engineering careers.
United States Military Academy cadets receive instruction on demolition tactics from 101st Airborne Combat Engineers at Range 12, West Point, New York on June 15, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Hennen, USMA)
A change-of-commandant ceremony for the U.S. Army Engineer School and Regiment was held July 30, in Nutter Field House. Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general, presided over the ceremony where Brig. Gen. Peter DeLuca transferred command responsibilities for the Engineer Regiment to Brig. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser. Army photo by Michael Curtis/Released
Combat Engineers from 10th mountain division perform demonstration of the techniques that the West Point cadets will learn during combat engineering training portion of Cadet Field Training, June 22, West Point N.Y. Photo by Tommy Gilligan/West Point Public Affairs.
Class 45/0 'Peak' 45059 'Royal Engineer' (with one remaining nameplate on the platform side) in charge of the 1M41 21:50 York to Shrewsbury TPO at York station on 25th November 1981.
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Washington DC, November 15 2016. A diverse crowd of around three thousand fired up activists variously affiliated with over a hundred different groups gathered in front of offices occupied by the Army Corps Of Engineers (and other agencies including the GAO...) for a rally and march to protect the midwestern plains water and land that rightfully belongs in perpetuity to Native American people. A core group of speakers travelled here from the Dakotas to lead the action. There is some slim hope that President Obama can be persuaded in the waning days of his presidency to refuse 'right of way' on Federal lands for the Dakota Access Pipeline. There was a sad, poignant vibe to the event because the DAPL poisonous snake will almost certainly be 'fast tracked' by the incoming Trump administration. President Elect Donald J. Trump is an investor in the pipeline. The company largely responsible for the pipeline project is headed by a very rich Texan folk music enthusiast/opportunist/OK guitar player who seems to have little understanding of what most folk musicians are trying to express.