civil engineering timeline
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Empire State Building
1914
Panama Canal1931
Transcontinental Railroad
1869
Hoover Dam1936
Golden Gate Bridge 1937Interstate
Highway1956
Civil Engineering
Channel Tunnel1994
ISS1998
Taipei 1012004
Burj Khalifa2010
Empire State Building
1914
Panama Canal1931
Transcontinental Railroad
1869
Hoover Dam1936
Golden Gate Bridge 1937Interstate
Highway1956
Civil Engineering
Channel Tunnel1994
ISS1998
Taipei 1012004
Burj Khalifa2010
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BURJ KHALIFA
At over 2625 feet and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa is the highest building in the world. Apart from that, it also holds six other world records, including highest occupied
floor in the world.
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TAIPEI 101
Taipei 101 is tallest and largest green building in the world. It also contains the world’s fastest elevator. Located in
Taipei, Taiwan, it is the most famous symbol of Taiwan.
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ISS
The ISS stands for the International Space Station. It is an orbiting laboratory that includes the cooperation of 16
countries striving to maintain a permanent human outpost in space.
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CHANNEL TUNNEL
The Channel Tunnel is the train tunnel running under the English Channel connecting Great Britain to France. It is
about 95 miles long, including all three tunnels and their connecting tunnels. 24 miles of tunnel is underwater.
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INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
Interstate highway is about 46,750 miles long. It cost $114 billion to fully construct, which is about 5.5 times greater
than the first predicted price.
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
The Golden Gate Bridge is 1.7 miles long, and is a famous landmark of San Francisco. According to goldengatebridge.org,
as of January 2014, 2,025,883,491 vehicles have crossed the Golden Gate Bridge (includes both ways) since opening to
traffic.
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TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
On May 10,1867, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific railroad connected at Promontory Summit, resulting in
the 1086-mile Transcontinental railroad.
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HOOVER DAM
From the foundation to the crest, Hoover Dam is roughly 726 feet. It generates more than 4 billion kilowatt-hours per year,
supplying power to about 1.3 million people.
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PANAMA CANAL
The Panama Canal Connects the Pacific to the Atlantic. Construction started in 1881 by the French and was finished by the United States in 1914. It is very important to international
trade.
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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
The Empire State building is 1,454 feet tall from the ground to the tip of the lightning rod. It is a famous symbol of New York
City. The total cost for the Empire State Building was $40,948,900.
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