Infrastructure

Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

In the 16th century, a Franciscan monk pulled off a construction miracle by building a Roman-style aqueduct to save the town of Otumba, Mexico, from certain death.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

The only remaining section of an aqueduct that used to supply water to Manila during the Spanish occupation.

The Museum of the Forum of Caesar Augusta showcases the city's ancient Roman sewage system.

The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.