Engineering Innovations
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Williamsburg Bridge Brooklyn, NY |
When opened in 1903, the 1,600 foot long main span of the Williamsburg Bridge was the world's longest suspension span, surpassing the nearby Brooklyn Bridge by only 4.5 feet. The… |
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Woodhead Dam Cape Town, Western Cape |
With the discoveries of South Africa's diamonds in the 1860s and gold in the 1880s, immigrants flooded into Cape Town and changed it into a major commercial center. Unfortunately… |
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Woomera Launch Facility Woomera, |
Long Range Weapon Establishment Established in 1947 as a joint project between Britain and Australia, the Long Range Weapon Establishment, more familiarly known as the Woomera… |
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World's First Oil Well Bibi-Heybat, Baku |
On July 14, 1848 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Major Alekseev supervised the completion of a 20+ meter well, reaching a small pocket of crude oil, thus establishing the world’s very… |
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Wright Field 5-foot Wind Tunnel Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH |
Wind tunnel testing of aircraft models is essential to determine aerodynamic parameters such as lift and drag. The 5-foot Wright Field wind tunnel is an early example of the… |
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Wright Flyer III Dayton, OH |
The 1905 Wright Flyer III, built by Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright, was the world's first airplane capable of sustained, maneuverable flight. Similar in design… |
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Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton Hydraulic Forging Press Worcester, MA |
This hydraulic closed-die press, among the largest fabrication tools in the world, has had a profound influence in America's leading role in commercial aircraft, military aircraft… |
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Xerography Columbus, OH |
The convenient dry-copying process for printed pages is among the truly revolutionary inventions of the century. In 1937 Chester Carlson, a New York patent attorney, developed the… |
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Zhaozhou (or Anji) Bridge Zhaoxian, Hebei |
Ancient Chinese literature refers to the Zhaozhou Bridge as a "crescent moon rising from the clouds" or a "rainbow in the sky." Throughout its history, it has been known as the… |
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Zion Mt. Carmel Tunnel and Highway Hurricane, UT |
With the dawn of the automobile age at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the entire nation started to demand better roads. In the 1910s, motorists and businessmen in Utah… |
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Zuiderzee Enclosure Dam Zaandam, North Holland |
The first Zuiderzee Enclosure Dam ran from North Holland to the island of Wieringen, successfully barring the sea for over 50 years and protecting a large area north of Amsterdam… |
