Engineering Innovations
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Self-Leveling Control for Hillside Combine Spokane Valley, WA |
In 1941, near Palouse, Washington, Raymond A. Hanson conceived of a self-leveling mechanism for hillside combines. On the steep hills in the Pacific Northwest, leveling is… |
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Seventh Street Improvement Arches St. Paul, MN |
Designed by William A. Truesdell, a railroad engineer, the Seventh Street Improvement Arches celebrates the engineering application of mathematics to improve living conditions.… |
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Sewall's Bridge York, ME |
Sewall's Bridge is a singular example of an era when wooden trestle bridges carried highway traffic across New England waterways. It is the earliest pile-trestle bridge for which… |
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Shippingport Nuclear Power Station Shippingport, PA |
The first commercial central electric-generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station of the Department of Energy and the… |
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Sholes & Glidden 'Type Writer' Milwaukee, WI |
Designed in 1873 by Christopher Latham Sholes, with Carlos Glidden, Samuel Soulé and Mathias Schwalbach, the Sholes & Glidden 'Type Writer' was the first commercially… |
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Siegfried Marcus Car Vienna, |
Siegfried Marcus (1833-1898), a remarkable engineer and manufacturer, lived most of his life and died in Vienna, leaving his most important legacy — an experimental automobile… |
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Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter Dearborn, MI |
America's first practical helicopter, it pioneered the single main rotor concept that became the predominant helicopter configuration throughout the world. The principles that… |
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Site of the Founding Meeting of ASCE on Nov 5, 1852 Sleepy Hollow, NY |
On October 23rd, 1852 a notice was sent to practitioners of civil engineering in and near New York City requesting their participation in developing an association that would… |
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Skid Steer Loader West Fargo, ND |
Brothers Cyril and Louis Keller designed and built the first small, lightweight, three-wheel, front-end loader in their machinist-blacksmith shop in Rothsay, Minnesota. A local… |
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Slotted Inlet Ventilation Columbus, OH |
A Crucial Step In The Evolution Of Modern Animal Agriculture Was The Development Of Mechanical Ventilation Methods For Animal Housing. Air Inlets Are Pivotal To Good Ventilation.… |
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Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem Columbus, OH |
Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) Emblem Makes Significant Contributions To Agricultural And Highway Safety Worldwide. 1961- 63 Developed By Kenneth A. Harkness, Department Of… |
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Smithfield Street Bridge Pittsburgh, PA |
Three rivers - the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio - join in Pittsburgh, making the city a natural site for the building of bridges. But the Smithfield Street Bridge stands apart… |
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Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating Station Snoqualmie, WA |
This was one of the first power facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of long distance electric power transmission. Through an elaborate switchboard at the main station, tied… |
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Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme Khancoban, NSW |
The scheme virtually reverses the flow of the Snowy River from its natural course toward the ocean and directs it inland. The entire complex includes 16 dams, seven power stations… |
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Soil Compaction Criteria Auburn, AL |
Historically, Farm Tillage Tools Were Designed Without Scientific Knowledge Of How Tools Work The Soil. Thus, A Tool Designed To Operate In One Soil Pulled By A Mule Might Not… |
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Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory Gainesville, FL |
This highly diverse facility has pioneered the development of solar energy applications worldwide. The Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory (SEECL) was unique in… |
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Southern Pacific #4294 Cab-in-Front Steam Locomotive Sacramento, CA |
The articulated wheel-base steam locomotive represents the final phase of steam locomotive development in size and power. The cab-in-front feature was widely used by the Southern… |
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Southern Railway Spencer Shops Spencer, NC |
A majority of the buildings, used originally in steam locomotive repair and maintenance, are still intact, including the backshop (erecting shop), roundhouse, flue shop, paint… |
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Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Apparatus San Antonio, TX |
The Southwest Research Institute Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar apparatus is a mechanical test instrument used to characterize the dynamic response of materials at high strain rates… |
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Springfield Armory Springfield, MA |
George Washington's concern over standardization of rifles for the Continental Army led to the formation of national armory and to his selection of Springfield as its site.… |
