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What is Your Favorite Engineering Marvel in the World?
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:50 pm
It can be ancient or modern engineering, your choice.
Mine would probably be the Roman aqueducts. It's incredible that they still stand today even though they were built with stone. And were thousands of miles long. Incredible.
I'm no engineer and don't know much about it. But I'm watching "Impossible Engineering" right now on the Science Channel and they're talking about the tallest bridge in the world right now. To me, engineers are the smartest people in the world.
Mine would probably be the Roman aqueducts. It's incredible that they still stand today even though they were built with stone. And were thousands of miles long. Incredible.
I'm no engineer and don't know much about it. But I'm watching "Impossible Engineering" right now on the Science Channel and they're talking about the tallest bridge in the world right now. To me, engineers are the smartest people in the world.
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 9:07 pm
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Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:53 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Large Hadron Collider
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:53 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
today I saw a piece of water pipe that was made of wood and was buried in the ground over 200 years ago...not likely done by engineers, but it is amazing to me that it lasted so long. I am not sure any infrastructure that we build today will be around 200 years from now.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:55 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The wheel
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:58 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
I made a bad arse tee support once. I think they took it down though. Got in the way of some pipe
Posted on 3/23/16 at 8:59 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Modern:
The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland
It's not the most complex but it's pretty damn cool.
Ancient:
Newgrange Stone Age Site in Ireland (Winter Soltice-based)
The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland
It's not the most complex but it's pretty damn cool.
Ancient:
Newgrange Stone Age Site in Ireland (Winter Soltice-based)
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:00 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The landing on the moon, and safe return to Earth.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:03 pm to Mr Fusion
What's amazing about that is the tech they did it with. Slide rules and pencils.
The engineers from the late 1800's up till handheld calculators were some seriously bad mother frickers.
The engineers from the late 1800's up till handheld calculators were some seriously bad mother frickers.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:04 pm to Mr Fusion
The pocket pussy
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:06 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Puma Punku because it was built by aliens
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:07 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The Great Wall
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:10 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Most Amazing?:
Herman Johnson's momma's you-know-what.
Herman Johnson's momma's you-know-what.
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:14 pm to soccerfüt
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Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:16 pm to soccerfüt
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:18 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Magnum condoms
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:18 pm to soccerfüt
I always liked the Kansai airport in Japan
They didn't have room for an airport so they made room
They didn't have room for an airport so they made room
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:22 pm to dukke v
quote:Jelly much brah?
This post was edited on 3/23/16 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:26 pm to Mr Fusion
quote:
The landing on the moon, and safe return to Earth.
The Saturn boosters, command module and, lunar lander, were unbelievable feats of engineering. My Dad was a engineer during the Apollo program. A slide rules, mechanical desktop calculator, and a book of function tables were the standard tools.
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:29 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 3/23/16 at 9:30 pm to dukke v
Whatever you pick as the world's greatest engineering marvel will collapse tomorrow.
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