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Engineering

Union Pacific's No. 4019, pictured here in Weber Canyon, Utah.

One of the World’s Largest Steam Locomotives Is About to Make a Triumphant Return

Hold onto your engineer caps, railroad history lovers.

Justin Franz June 12, 2018

The elevator lobby of a commercial building, by the American photographer Carol Highsmith.

What Was the Point of Elevator Music?

Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't because lifts were terrifying.

Natasha Frost May 31, 2018

Dick's Lane Bridge

Warwick, England

Dick's Lane Bridge

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

Germantown Covered Bridge.

Germantown, Ohio

Germantown Covered Bridge

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.

The Bullitt Center

Seattle, Washington

The Bullitt Center

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Fancy a swim?

When the U.S. Kept Losing Nuclear Bombs

In the 1950s, military accidents meant that nuclear warheads went missing.

Sarah Laskow April 24, 2018

Buildings and sky reflected in the cistern.

Hababah Water Cistern

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

Leawood Pumphouse

Whatstandwell, England

Leawood Pump House

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

Engineers Tradition Stone Plaque.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Engineers Tradition Stone

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Olive Wetzel Dennis in 1947, making some suggestions on how to improve a new Baltimore and Ohio Railroad buffet car.

The 'Lady Engineer' Who Took the Pain Out of the Train

Olive Wetzel Dennis spent years test-riding railways, improving everything from climate control to dining-car china along the way.

Cara Giaimo April 9, 2018

Alcoy and Maigmó Greenways

A dictator's failed public works project has been reborn as two linked trails through spectacular scenery.

'The Queen' replica on display.

Windsor, England

'The Queen' Locomotive

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The gondola on an open day.

Newport Transporter Bridge

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

Pete French Round Barn.

Diamond, Oregon

Pete French Round Barn

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

Ust-Kamenogorsk Lock.

Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Ust-Kamenogorsk Lock

Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.

Almost every tiny component of a camera will have its own ISO standard.

Finding the Unexpected Wonder in More Than 22,000 International Standards

From brewing tea to making shipping containers.

Natasha Frost February 22, 2018

Dust storms arise you read the words of Sennacherib on the Aqueduct of Jerwan.

Al-Shikhan, Iraq

Aqueduct of Jerwan

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

The researchers tested around 20 species of fungi before declaring <em>T. reesei</em> the most promising.

The Fungus That Could Patch Up Cracking Buildings

What if concrete could heal itself from the inside out?

Jessica Leigh Hester January 22, 2018