- List of historic civil engineering landmarks
The following is a partial list of historic civil engineering landmarks as designated by the
American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in1964 . The designation is granted to projects, structures, and sites in theUnited States (National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks) and the rest of the world.International landmarks
Australia
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Sydney Harbour Bridge ,Sydney ,Australia
*Snowy Mountains Scheme hydroelectric project,Snowy Mountains ,Australia
*Sydney Opera House ,Sydney ,Australia France
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École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ,Paris
*Eiffel Tower ,Paris
*Louvre ,Paris Italy
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Acquedotto Traiano-Paolo ,Rome (built by the Romans)United Kingdom
England
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Eddystone Lighthouse , offPlymouth
*Thames Tunnel ,London
*The Iron Bridge ,Ironbridge
*Great Western Railway Northern Ireland
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Dublin-Belfast railway line cotland
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Caledonian Canal
*Craigellachie Bridge ,Moray
* Forth Bridge
*Forth and Clyde Canal and Union CanalWales
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Conwy Suspension Bridge
*Conwy Railway Bridge
*Menai Suspension Bridge Other international
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Ali Qapu ,Esfahan ,Iran
*Persepolis (TakhteJamshid),Shiraz ,Iran
*Banaue Rice Terraces ,Banaue, Ifugao , thePhilippines
*Great Wall of China ,China
*Hagia Sophia ,Istanbul ,Turkey
*Kavanagh Building ,Buenos Aires ,Argentina
*Maria Pia Bridge ,Oporto ,Portugal
*Panama Canal ,Panama
*Salginatobel Bridge , Schiers,Grisons ,Switzerland
*Zhaozhou Bridge , Zhaozhou,China United States landmarks
Alabama
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Ellicott's Stone , MobileAlaska
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Alaska Highway , from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada to Delta Junction
*White Pass and Yukon Route , Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, CanadaArizona
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Navajo Bridge , Page
*Theodore Roosevelt Dam & Salt River Project, Phoenix
*Hohokam Canal System , PhoenixArkansas
*White River Concrete Arch Bridge, Cotter
California
*Blimp Hangars, Tustin
*Alvord Lake Bridge , San Francisco
*Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Nevada City
*Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco
*Sweetwater Dam , Spring Valley
*First Owens River - Los Angeles Aqueduct, Bishop
*Colorado River Aqueduct , Blythe
*Tehachapi Pass Railroad Line
*Central Pacific Railroad , Sacramento
*Arroyo Seco Parkway , Los Angeles
*Pelton Impulse Water Wheel, Camptonville
*Folsom Hydroelectric Power System, Folsom
*San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge , San Francisco
*Bidwell Bar Bridge , OrovilleColorado
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Cheesman Reservoir Dam, Southwest of Denver
*Durango-Silverton Branch of the D&RGW RR, Durango
*Gunnison Tunnel , Montrose
*Prehistoric Mesa Verde Reservoirs, Mesa Verde
*Moffat Tunnel , Winter ParkConnecticut
*Rocky River Pumped Storage Hydro-Plant, New Milford [http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Communities/History/Landmarks/3137.pdf]
Delaware
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal , New Castle
*New Castle Ice Harbor, New CastleDistrict of Columbia
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U.S. Capitol , Washington
*Washington Monument , WashingtonFlorida
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Castillo de San Marcos , St. Augustine
*King's Road, New Smyrna
*Sunshine Skyway Bridge , St. Petersburg / PalmettoGeorgia
*City Plan of Savannah, Savannah
Hawaii
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Kamehameha V Post Office , Honolulu
*East Maui Irrigation System , East MauiIllinois
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Cortland Street Drawbridge , Chicago
*Chesbroughs Water Supply System, Chicago
*Reversal of the Chicago River, ChicagoIndiana
*Duck Creek Aqueduct, Metamora
*West Baden Springs Hotel , West Baden SpringsIowa
*Keokuk Hydro-Power System, Keokuk
*Hydraulics Laboratory at theUniversity of Iowa , Iowa CityKentucky
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Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 , Middlesboro
*Louisville and Portland Canal (McAlpine) Locks & Dam, Louisville
*Louisville Water Works, Louisville
*Kentucky Dam , Gilbertsville
*High Bridge, JessamineLouisiana
*McNeill Street Pumping Station, Shreveport
*Eads South Pass Navigation Works, VeniceMaine
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Bailey Island Bridge , Harpswell
*Portland Head Light , Cape Elizabeth
*Robyville Bridge, Corinth [http://www.angelfire.com/me2/corinthhistorical/juliecorinth/places.html]
*Maine Turnpike
*Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge, Bucksport
*Watson Settlement Bridge, Littleton
*Sewall's Bridge, York
*Hemlock Bridge, FryeburgMaryland
*Bollman Truss Bridge, Savage
*Druid Lake Dam, Baltimore
*Cabin John Aqueduct , Cabin John
*Carrollton Viaduct , BaltimoreMaryland-Pennsylvania
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Mason-Dixon Line Massachusetts
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Borden Base Line , Hatfield
*Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge , North Andover
*Canton Viaduct , Canton
*Lawrence Experiment Station , Lawrence
*Minot's Ledge Lighthouse , Cohasset
*Middlesex Canal , Lowell
*Charlestown Naval Dry Dock , Boston
*Cape Cod Canal , Barnstable
*Charles River Basin Project , Boston
*Hoosac Tunnel , North Adams
*Granite Railway , Quincy
*Boston Subway , Boston
*Lowell Waterpower System , Lowell
*Watertown Arsenal , WatertownMichigan
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Redridge Steel Dam , Houghton County
*Second Street Bridge, Allegan
*Sault Ste. Marie Hydroelectric Complex, Sault Ste. Marie
*St. Clair Tunnel , Port Huron
*Detroit-Windsor Tunnel , DetroitMinnesota
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Seventh Street Improvement Arches , St. Paul
*Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator , St. Louis Park
*Stone Arch Bridge - Great Northern Railway, MinneapolisMississippi
*U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Exp. Station, Vicksburg
Missouri
*Kansas City Park and Boulevard System, Kansas City
*Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge , Kansas City
*River des Peres Sewage & Drainage Works, St. Louis
*Chain of Rocks Water Purification Plant, St. Louis
*Union Station, St. Louis
*Eads Bridge , St. LouisMontana
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Fort Peck Dam , Ft. Peck
*Going-to-the-Sun Road , Lake McDonaldNevada
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Hoover Dam , Boulder City
*Marlette Lake Water System , Virginia CityNew Hampshire
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Five Stone Arch Bridges , Hillsborough
*Mount Washington Cog Railway , Mt. Washington
*Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge , Cornish (designated by Vermont)New Jersey
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Newark International Airport , Newark
*Hydraulic-Inclined Plane System of the Morris Canal , Stanhope
*Great Falls Raceway and Power System , Paterson
*Atlantic City Convention Hall , Atlantic City
*Cranetown Triangulation Site , Cedar Grove
*Bayonne Bridge , Bayonne
*Fink Through Truss Bridge , HamdenNew Mexico
*Elephant Butte Dam, Truth or Consequences
*El Camino Real, Santa Fe
*Embudo, New Mexico Stream Gauging Station, Embudo
*Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway, ChamaNew York
*Blenheim Bridge, North Blenheim
*Croton Water Supply System, New York City
*Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Tunnel, New York City
*Holland Tunnel , New York City
*First New York Subway, New York City
*United States Military Academy , West Point
*Ward House, Rye
*Statue of Liberty , New York City
*Iron Building of the U.S. Army Arsenal, Watervliet
*Whipple Truss Bridge, Schenectady
*Erie Canal , Albany
*Bridges of Keeseville, Keeseville
*George Washington Bridge , New York City
*Brooklyn Bridge , New York City
*Triborough Bridge Project, New York CityNorth Carolina
*Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Claremont
*Dorton Arena , Raleigh
*Cape Hatteras Lighthouse , Cape HatterasNorth Dakota
*Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64
Ohio
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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport , Cleveland
*Ohio and Erie Canal System, Akron
*Muskingum River Navigation System, Zanesville
*Miami Conservancy District , Dayton
*National Road , New Concord
*First Concrete Pavement, Bellefontaine
*Ingalls Building , Cincinnati
*John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge , Cincinnati
*Goodyear Airdock , Akron
*Point of Beginning, U.S. Public Lands, LiverpoolOregon
*Rogue River Bridge, Gold Beach
*Columbia River Scenic Highway , Portland
*Bonneville Dam , Columbia River System, BonnevillePennsylvania
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Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge , Columbia
*Frankford Avenue Bridge , Philadelphia
*Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct of theDelaware & Hudson Canal , Lackawaxen
*Dunlap's Creek Bridge , Brownsville
*Kinzua Bridge , Kane
*Davis Island Lock and Dam, Pittsburgh
*Philadelphia Municipal Water Supply, Philadelphia
*Bethlehem Waterworks, Bethlehem
*Union Canal Tunnel , Lebanon
*Pennsylvania Turnpike
*Horseshoe Curve
*Allegheny Portage Railroad , Hollidaysburg
*Fritz Engineering Laboratory, Bethlehem
*City Plan of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
*Walnut Street Bridge, Harrisburg
*Tunkhannock Viaduct , Nicholson
*Starrucca Viaduct , Lanesboro
*Smithfield Street Bridge , Pittsburgh
*Rockville Bridge , Harrisburg
*Northampton Street Bridge , Easton
*Philadelphia City Hall , Philadelphia
*Harrisburg Transportation Center , Harrisburgouth Carolina
*Charleston - Hamburg Railroad, Charleston
outh Dakota
*Missouri River Bridges, Chamberlain
*Belle Fourche Dam, Belle FourcheTennessee
*Morison's Memphis Bridge, Memphis
*Tennessee State Capitol , Nashville
*Montgomery Bell's Tunnel, Nashville
*Norris Dam , KnoxvilleTexas
*Brooks AFB, Old Hangar 9, San Antonio
*San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control System, San Antonio
*Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising, Galveston
*Acequias of San Antonio, San Antonio
*El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch, San Antonio
*Denison Dam, Denison
*Texas Commerce Bank (formerly Gulf, now Chase) Building, Houston
*San Jacinto Monument , Houston
*International Boundary Marker #1, El Paso
*Houston Ship Channel , HoustonUtah
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Salt Lake Tabernacle , Salt Lake City
*Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad, PromontoryVermont
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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge , Windsor
*Ascutney Mill Dam , WindsorVirginia
*Fink Deck Truss Bridge, Lynchburg
*Potowmack Canal and Locks, Great Falls
*Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel, Waynesboro
*Dismal Swamp Canal , Chesapeake
*Old Cape Henry Light, Virginia Beach
*Gosport Naval Dry Docks, NorfolkVirginia-North Carolina
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Blue Ridge Parkway , Shenandoah National ParkWashington
*Hanford B Reactor, Richland
*Lake Washington Ship Canal &Hiram M. Chittenden Locks , Seattle
*Cedar Falls Water Supply, Seattle
*Stevens Pass Railroad Tunnels & Switchback System,Stevens Pass
*Mullan Road , Walla Walla
*Snoqualmie Falls Cavity Generating Station, Snoqualmie
*Grand Coulee Dam , Grand CouleeWest Virginia
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Wheeling Suspension Bridge , Wheeling
*Baltimore & Ohio Roundhouse & Shop Complex, MartinsburgWisconsin
*Marshall Building, Milwaukee
*Vulcan Street Plant, Appleton
*Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, MilwaukeeWyoming
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Buffalo Bill Dam , CodySee also
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List of historic mechanical engineering landmarks References
External links
* [http://www.asce.org/history/ce_landmarks.cfm American Society of Civil Engineers - National Civil Engineering Landmarks Program]
* [http://www.asce.org/history/landmark/projects.cfm?menu=loc American Society of Civil Engineers - List by project location]
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