Construction Truths - 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering:


	Construction Truths - 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering:

hitchhiker08

5-19-2008 12:07 PM

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construction, engineering, strength of materials, structural engineering, bridges, towers, canals

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...as they continue to amaze us - proof of the indomitable spirit of man...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f35b2807-2927-4baa-9da9-bf1a4401ef14/2E201A08-32B5-44DC-8556-747138FC8B7F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/" href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/" style="font-size: 11px;">weburbanist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><H2>The Making of 5 Modern Marvels of Engineering: Construction Truths Behind Contemporary Wonders</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/92F74614-F173-4BC1-AC45-B35405379F69" alt="Historic Engineering Construction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/76F1C996-A1AD-41DB-A061-323DBE81938B" alt="Panama Canal Construction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/EA05A7A2-23AD-4C95-9F81-E31662414696" alt="Historic Panama Canal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">The <A href="http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm" title="via Eclipse">Panama Canal</A> is undoubtedly one of the most complex, costly, and difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. As early as the 1550s there was talk of creating such a canal to create a vital waterway for speedier trade between the Americas. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/134E24C2-393F-4E2E-AE91-85D77B7C3C9C" alt="Eiffel Tower Construction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/CB179FC7-9B62-4E72-9CB4-36F4C972BABC" alt="Historic Eiffeel Tower" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">The <A href="http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/eiffeltower/index.htm" title="via WunderfulInfo">Eiffel Tower</A> is one of the most known and beloved monumental structures of the world, yet it was never intended to be.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/57A089CB-ECD7-405A-891D-290D80013841" alt="Historic Golden Gate Bridge" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">The <A href="http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/photoalbums/goldengatebridgealbum/ggbmain.html" title="via Marinca">Golden Gate Bridge</A> had, at the time of its creation, the longest span of any suspension bridge in the world. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">Golden Gate Bridge was widely considered ugly at the time but is now a universal symbol of San Francisco.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/98CA3B1F-3537-46C2-9F28-ADDCE04326B4" alt="Dutch Dam Construction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">The <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee_Works" title="via Wikipedia">Zuiderzee Works</A> are an amazing feat of modern engineering constructed to protect The Netherlands from flooding as well as to create over a half million acres of usable farmland. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weburbanist.com/img/8AC5080A-FFB9-44C6-8B30-238344D164E2" alt="Channel Tunnel Chunnel Construction" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/25/the-making-of-5-modern-marvels-of-engineering-construction-truths-behind-contemporary-wonders/">The <A href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/c/channel_tunnel_1880_attempt/index1.shtml" title="via Subbrit">Channel Tunnel</A> (aka The Chunnel) is a relatively recent work of engineering genius. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2E201A08-32B5-44DC-8556-747138FC8B7F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>