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Unesco: United Kingdom: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal

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Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century. Covering a difficult geographical...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Montgomery Cunningham Meigs

For Students 9th - 10th
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 - January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer, and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Ellet

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Charles Ellet, Jr. (1 January 1810 - 21 June 1862) was a civil engineer and a colonel during the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Memphis.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Quincy Adams Gillmore

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Quincy Adams Gillmore (February 25, 1825 - April 11, 1888) was an American civil engineer, author, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Hart 349a

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From a book "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway, a civil engineer, comes this comprehensive description of the topography of the route of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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Snowsheds, Donner Lake

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Hart 39. Long Ravine Bridge (Lewis Metzler Clement's Stereoview)

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Sidney Dillon.

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
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Unesco: Italy: Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes

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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line in the north western part of the property is 67 km long. It...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Paterson Great Falls

For Students 9th - 10th
A National Natural Landmark and site of mills and mill races originally developed by the Society of Useful Manufacture in late 1700s that are a Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Gordon Meade

For Students 9th - 10th
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 - November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Armstrong

For Students 9th - 10th
John Armstrong was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Francis Drake

For Students 9th - 10th
(1540-1596) An English privateer, navigator, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Suspension Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a common type of bridge known as a suspension bridge. The Clifton Suspension Bridge stretches over the River Avon in Bristol, England. It was designed by a famous civil engineer named Isambard Kingdom Brunel. For more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Joseph G. Totten

For Students 9th - 10th
General Totten, born in New Haven, Conn., August 23rd, 1788, died in Washington, D. C., April 23rd, 1864. Was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1805, and promoted second lieutenant in the corps of engineers. After the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Gouverneur K. Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
General Warren, born in Cold Spring, N. Y., January 8th, 1830, died in Newport, R. I., August 8th, 1882, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1850, and assigned to the Topographical Engineers as brevet second...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Henry W. Benham

For Students 9th - 10th
General Benham, born in Connecticut in 1817, died in New York June 1st, 1884, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, and assigned to the Corps of Engineers. Served in the Mexican War, 1847-'8, and was brevetted...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Edwin Waring

For Students 9th - 10th
George Edwin Waring was born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833. He was agricultural engineer of Central Park, New York City in 1857. He was the drainage engineer of the park until the Civil War broke out, when he entered the Union army as...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General James B. Mc Pherson

For Students 9th - 10th
General McPherson, born in Sandusky, Ohio, November 14th, 1828, died near Atlanta, Ga., July 22nd, 1864; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853. At the beginning of the Civil War he applied for active duty with the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General John G. Foster

For Students 9th - 10th
General Foster, born in Whitefield, N. H., May 27th, 1823, died in Nashua, H. H., September 2nd, 1874, was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1846, assigned to the Engineer Corps, and served in the Mexican War under...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General William Mahone

For Students 9th - 10th
General Mahone, born in Southampton County, Va., December 1st, 1826; died at Washington, D. C., October 8th, 1865. He was graduated at Virginia Military institute in 1847, and, until the beginning of the Civil War, engaged in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Meade

For Students 9th - 10th
A career U.S. Army officer and engineer involved in coastal construction. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, and is best known for defeating Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James Harrison Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 - February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, and author.

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