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| x Nuclear weapon |
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Manhattan Project |
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a...
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| x Skylon | Design and Construction of Skylon |
The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in London, that apparently floated above the ground, built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain.
A popular joke of the period was...
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| x Festival of Britain |
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Preparation for the Festival of Britain |
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951. The official opening was on 3 May. The principal exhibition site was on the South Bank Site, London of the River Thames near Waterloo Station....
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| x Dome of Discovery |
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Design and Construction of The Dome of Discovery |
The Dome of Discovery was a temporary building designed by architect Ralph Tubbs for the Festival of Britain celebrations which took place on London's South Bank in 1951. The consulting engineers were Freeman Fox and Partners, in particular Oleg...
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| x Royal Festival Hall |
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Initial Design and Construction of the Royal Festival Hall |
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war...
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| x Lansbury Estate | Design of the Lansbury Estate |
The Lansbury Estate is a public housing estate in the Poplar area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets named after George Lansbury, a Poplar councillor and Labour party MP.
It is one of the largest such estates in London. It occupies an area...
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The Redevelopment of Southbank Centre site 1999 - 2007 |
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings (the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward art...
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| x Millennium Bridge |
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Design and Construction of the Millennium Bridge |
The Millennium Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Mílaoise) is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, joining Eustace Street in Temple Bar to the north quays.
Installed in December 1999, to commemorate the new millennium (2000), the span...
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| x Burj al-Arab |
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Design and Construction of the Burj al-Arab |
The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب,Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,050 ft), it is the second tallest building in the world used exclusively as a hotel. However, the structure of the...
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| x I-35 Mississippi River bridge | Design and Construction of the I-35 Mississippi River bridge | ||
| x Start Point Lighthouse |
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Design and Construction of the Start Point Lighthouse |
Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to protect shipping off Start Point in south Devon England. Open to the public in summer months, it is a grade II listed building owned and operated by Trinity House.
Start Point is one of twenty nine towers...
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| x Wolf Rock Lighthouse | Design and Construction of the Wolf Rock Lighthouse | ||
| x Needles Lighthouse | Design and Construction of the Needles Lighthouse | ||
| x Westminster Bridge |
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Design and Construction of the Westminster Bridge |
Westminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames between Westminster, Middlesex bank, and Lambeth, Surrey bank in what is now Greater London, England.
For over 600 years, the nearest bridge to London Bridge was at Kingston....
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| x Thames Tunnel |
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Design and Construction of the Thames Tunnel |
The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel, built beneath the River Thames in London, United Kingdom connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping. It measures 35 feet (11 m) wide by 20 feet (6 m) high and is 1,300 feet (396 m) long, running at a depth of 75...
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| x Vauxhall Bridge |
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Design and Construction of Vauxhall Bridge |
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a south-east north-west direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Westminster on the north bank. Opened in 1906, it...
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| x Forth Bridge |
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Design and Construction of the Forth Bridge |
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of central Edinburgh. It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway...
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| x Channel Tunnel |
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Design and Construction of the Channel Tunnel |
The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche), known coloquially as the Chunnel, is a 50.5 km (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent near Dover in the UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath...
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| x Williamson's tunnels |
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Design and Construction of Williamson's Tunnels |
Williamson Tunnels consist of a labyrinth of tunnels in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, England (grid reference SJ362902) which were built under the direction of the eccentric businessman Joseph Williamson between the early 1800s and 1840. They...
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| x Lincoln Tunnel |
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The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) long tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey and the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
The tunnel was designed by Ole Singstad. The project was funded by the New Deal's Public...
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| x St. Clair Tunnel |
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The St. Clair Tunnel is the name for two separate rail tunnels which were built under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. It was the first full-size subaqueous tunnel built in North America. (By full-size it is...
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| x Holland Tunnel |
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The Holland Tunnel is a highway tunnel under the Hudson River connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, New Jersey at Interstate 78 on the mainland. Unusually for an American public works project, it is not named for a...
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| x Moffat Tunnel |
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The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. The first railroad traffic passed through the tunnel in February 1928; and, it was named after Colorado railroad pioneer David...
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| x Queensway Tunnel |
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The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. It is often called the Birkenhead Tunnel to specify that it serves Birkenhead as opposed to the Kingsway Tunnel, an...
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| x Rogun Dam |
Rogun Dam is an unfinished dam across the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. Construction began in 1976, however the project was frozen. In February 2007, Russia announced a partnership with Tajikistan to complete the dam.
It is listed as the...
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| x Nurek Dam |
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The Nurek Dam (Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, Nerūgohi obii Norak, Tajiki for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is a large earth fill dam located at 38.3715 N, 69.3492 E on the Vakhsh River in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan. At 300 m (984 ft) it is...
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| x Jinping 1 Hydropower Station |
Jinping 1 Hydropower Station (Jinping 1st cascade or Jinping No.1 hydraulic power station) is a large hydroelectic power generation project on the Yalong River (Yalong Jjiang) in Sichuan, China. It is currently under construction.
The project's...
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| x Xiaowan Dam |
Xiaowan Dam (simplified Chinese: 小湾坝; traditional Chinese: 小灣壩; pinyin: Xiǎowān Bà) is a large hydroelectric arch dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is currently under construction. When complete, it will be...
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| x Xiluodu Dam |
The Xiluodu Dam (simplified Chinese: 溪洛渡大坝; traditional Chinese: 溪洛渡大壩; pinyin: Xīluòdù Dàbà) is a hydroelectric dam project on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China.
In early 2005, the government announced that construction...
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| x Vajont Dam |
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The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam) is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the valley of the Vajont river under Monte Toc, 100 km north of Venice, Italy. It was responsible for the deaths of approximately 2,000 people in a 1963 landslide.
One of the...
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| x Tehri dam |
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Tehri Dam is the primary dam of the Tehri Development Project, a major hydroelectric project centered near Tehri Town in the state of Uttaranchal state in India. Located on the Bhagirathi River, the principal tributary of the sacred River Ganges,...
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| x Laxiwa Dam |
Laxiwa Dam (simplified Chinese: 拉西瓦大坝; traditional Chinese: 拉西瓦大壩; pinyin: Lāxīwǎ Dàbà) is a large dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest China.
It has 6 hydroelectric generators, each with a generating capacity of 700 MW. The total...
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| x Mica Dam |
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Mica Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Completed in 1973 under the terms of the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, the Mica powerhouse has a generating capacity of 1805...
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| x Srisailam Dam |
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Srisailam Dam is a dam constructed across the Krishna River at Srisailam in the Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and is one of the 12 largest hydroelectric projects in the country.
The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in...
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| x Ertan Dam |
Ertan Dam (simplified Chinese: 二滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 二灘大壩; pinyin: Èrtān Dàbà) is a large dam on the Yalong River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, southwest China.
The dam has six hydroelectric generators, each with a...
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| x Oroville Dam |
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Oroville Dam is on the Feather River above the city of Oroville in Butte County, California, United States. It creates Lake Oroville, generates electricity, and provides drinking and irrigation water for Central and Southern California. The dam,...
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| x Goupitan Dam |
Goupitan Dam (simplified Chinese: 构皮滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 構皮灘大壩; pinyin: Gòupítān Dàbà) is a large dam on the Wujiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province Southwest of China.
It has 5 generators, each with generating...
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| x Bhakra Dam |
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Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River, near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India. This dam is situated in the village "Bhakra" and is Asia's biggest dam. It is 225.55 m (740 ft) high above...
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| x Hoover Dam |
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Design and Construction of the Hoover Dam |
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest electric-power...
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| x Glen Canyon Dam |
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The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River at Page, Arizona, USA. It provides water storage for the arid southwestern United States, to generate electricity for the region's growing population, and to provide water recreation opportunities....
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| x Bakun Hydroelectric Project |
The Bakun Hydroelectric Project is located in Sarawak, Malaysia on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometers west of Belaga. As part of the project, the tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world...
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| x Dez Dam |
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The Dez Dam (Persian: سد دز) is a large hydroelectric dam built in Iran in 1963 by an Italian consortium.
The dam is on the Dez River in the Northwestern province of Khuzestan, the closest city being Andimeshk. It is 203 metres high, making it one...
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| x Campos Novos Dam |
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The Campos Novos Dam is in Santa Catarina province in southern Brazil (Latitude S27o36', Longitude W51o19'). In 2006, at 200m dam height, it was regarded as the third highest dam of this type (concrete-faced rockfill dam or CFRD) in the world, but,...
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| x Shahid Abbaspour dam |
Shahid Abbaspour dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river in the province of Khuzestan, Iran.
Shahid Abbaspour 8 power generators, with the capacity of 2000 MW (250 MW each), are connected to the National Power network as the Peak Power...
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| x New Bullards Bar Dam |
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New Bullards Bar Dam is a dam in California on the Yuba River and forms the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, which has a capacity of 996,103 acre feet (1.23 km³). It is located near the town of Dobbins in Yuba County. The dam is operated by the Yuba...
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| x Swift Dam |
Swift Dam is an earth-type hydroelectric dam on the Lewis River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Skamania County. Its reservoir is called Swift Reservoir.
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| x Three Gorges Dam |
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The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 长江三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 長江三峽大壩; pinyin: Chángjiāng Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yiling District,Yichang, Hubei, China. It is the world's largest...
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| x Atatürk Dam |
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The Atatürk Dam (Turkish: Atatürk Barajı), originally the Karababa Dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Built...
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| x Shasta Dam |
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Shasta Dam (National ID No. CA10186) is a concrete gravity arch dam across the Sacramento River in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest of Shasta County, California. The project was completed between 1938 and 1945, 5km north of the Redding, California...
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| x Grand Coulee Dam |
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Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. In the United States, it is the largest electric power-producing facility and the largest concrete structure. It is the seventh largest producer...
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| x Thomson River Dam |
The Thomson Dam is located about 130 km east of Melbourne in Gippsland near the former township of Beardmore and the Baw Baw National Park.
Despite opposition from conservationists and farmers, plans for the dam were originally approved in late...
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| x Fontana Dam |
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Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain County and Graham County, North Carolina, USA. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to accommodate the skyrocketing...
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| x Mratinje Dam |
The Mratinje Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the canyon of the Piva River in Montenegro.
The dam was completed in 1975. Its construction resulted in the flooding of the Piva canyon and the creation of Lake Piva, which, with its 12.5 km², is...
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| x Longtan dam |
The Longtan Dam (simplified Chinese: 龙滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 龍灘大壩; pinyin: Lóngtān Dàbà) is a large dam on the Hongshui River, China, a tributary of the Pearl River.
The dam, at 216.2 meters when completed, is said to be the tallest concrete dam...
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| x Keban Dam |
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The Keban Dam, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey, was the first of the large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates River. It was built and is being operated by the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).
Completed in 1975, it resulted in the flooding...
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| x San Roque Dam |
The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a massive gated spillway of 200 meters height, 1.2 kilometer length embankment dam on the Agno River spanning the municipalities of San Manuel and San Nicolas, Pangasinan,...
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| x Karun-3 dam |
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The Karun-3 dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as to provide flood control. The Karun has the highest discharge of Iran's rivers. The objectives...
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| x Berke Dam |
Berke Dam is built on the Ceyhan river in southern Turkey. There is a hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001 at the dam, with a power output of 510 MW (four facilities at 128 MW each).
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