The Millau Viaduct in France. I saw a documentary on it's construction - freakin' amazing.
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I was just looking for pictures of that one:
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I've seen the St. Louis Arch. I honestly found it to be underwhelming.
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Its the bricks
In some sections of the Great Wall, they used bricks that are an engineering marvel. They are much stronger than any building material invented until this century.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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The Hong Kong International Airport
It's almost entirely built on reclaimed land
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This series of NASA videos captures engineering far beyond what is known to us here on earth, or, at the very least, far beyond what we are being told about.
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Originally posted by Lord Avalon
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The Hoover Dam, in addition to being an impressive structure, was also built ahead of schedule AND under budget. Now that's impressive!He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
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