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Vancouver's Mapping of the West Coast of North America Vancouver's Mapping of the West Coast of North America
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The voyage of Captain George Vancouver, 1791 -1795, was commissioned by the British Admiralty to map in detail the west coast of North America from Mexico to Alaska and to meet…
Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc, CA
Vandenberg Air Force Base was the nation’s first space and ballistic missile operational and training base. Beginning with its first launch, a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic…
Vegetated Waterways Vegetated Waterways
Stillwater, OK
Design Concepts For Vegetated Waterways - Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering Rainfall runoff causes severe gully erosion on unprotected lands and has ruined thousands…
Viaducto del Malleco Viaducto del Malleco
Araucaní, Malleco
The bridge is 408 meters long and weighed approximately 1,500 metric tons when built. Originally supported by four columns, two more were added in later years to support the…
Victoria Dutch Windmill Victoria Dutch Windmill
Victoria, TX
This is an old technology brought here by new immigrants. It represents the beginning of modern life in a hard wilderness. This wind-powered gristmill was built in 1870 by Fred…
Victoria Falls Bridge
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The Victoria Falls Bridge, completed in 1905, is a 152-meter span, steel-lattice, two-hinged arch bridge with a deck level 122 m above the Zambezi River. Conceived by Cecil Rhodes…
Voyager Spacecraft Interplanetary Explorers Voyager Spacecraft Interplanetary Explorers
Flintridge, CA
The Voyager explorers, which provided scientists and the world with the first detailed pictures of faraway planets, were designed and tested during 1972 to 1977. The two most…
Vulcan Street Plant Vulcan Street Plant
Appleton, WI
The plant began operation only twenty-six days after Thomas Edison's first steam plant began operating on Pearl Street in New York (NL 46). On September 30, 1882, an Edison "K"…
Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge
Stockton Springs, ME
Designed by David B. Steinman, of Robinson & Steinman, New York City, the Waldo-Hancock suspension Bridge is a significant example of Steinman's work. David Steinman is…
Walnut Street Bridge Walnut Street Bridge
Harrisburd, PA
The structure has two segments: an East Channel bridge consisting of four 175-foot spans and three 240-foot spans crossing from Harrisburg to City Island; and a West Channel…
Ward House Ward House
Rye, NY
It is a large, imposing structure (over a dozen rooms and spacious halls) dominated by a four-story octagonal tower at one corner and a second shorter square tower at another…
Washington Monument Washington Monument
Washington, DC
Upon its dedication in 1885, the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world. Begun in 1848 to honor George Washington, the structure wasn't completed for over 36…
The original wooden Union Bridge Waterford (Union) Bridge (Replaced in 1909)
Troy, NY
The Union Bridge was built in 1804 by Theodore Burr and was the first to cross the lower section of the Hudson River connecting Waterford and Lansingburg, New York. The wooden…
Watertown Arsenal Watertown Arsenal
Watertown, MA
The Watertown Arsenal was the first major engineering testing laboratory in America. It was created to store and manufacture cutting-edge military technology and weaponry. The…
Watkins Woolen Mill Watkins Woolen Mill
Kearney, MO
The Watkins Woolen Mill is among the best preserved examples of a Midwest woolen mill in nineteenth-century United States. Its machinery for preparing, spinning, and weaving wool…
West Baden Springs Hotel West Baden Springs Hotel
Orange County, IN
The steel dome stretches 200 feet in diameter and rises 100 feet at its top. To accommodate thermal expansion, the inverted bowl-shaped structure originally rested on rollers that…
Westmoreland Iron Works Westmoreland Iron Works
Westmoreland, NY
The history of this foundry, which was the oldest malleable iron company in continuous operation in the United States for many years, was inseparable from that of the small town…
Wheeling Suspension Bridge Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Wheeling, WV
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge was the first bridge to span the Ohio River. It was initially completed in 1849, but destroyed by a tornado five years later. The bridge was rebuilt…
Whipple Truss Bridge Whipple Truss Bridge
Schenectady, NY
The Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge was built from a design patented in 1841 by Squire Whipple. Whipple was the first person to understand the stresses in truss members and he…
White Pass & Yukon Railroad White Pass & Yukon Railroad
Whitehorse, Yukon
Combining British financing, American engineering, and Canadian contracting, the White Pass and Yukon was the first major civil engineering project on the continent above the 60th…

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