List of historic civil engineering landmarks

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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 in 1964. The designation is granted to projects, structures, and sites in the United States (National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks) and the rest of the world.

1 International landmarks
2 United States landmarks
3 External links

[edit] International landmarks

[edit] Australia

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia
Snowy Mountains Scheme hydroelectric project, Snowy Mountains, Australia

[edit] England

[edit] France

[edit] Italy

Acquedotto Traiano-Paolo, Rome (built by the Romans)

[edit] Other international

Banaue Rice Terraces, Banaue, Ifugao, the Philippines
Great Wall of China, China
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Kavanagh Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Pia Bridge, Oporto, Portugal
Panama Canal, Panama
Salginatobel Bridge, Shiers, Grisons, Switzerland
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia

[edit] United States landmarks

National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: Sign on the Stone Arch Bridge.

[edit] 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, Oroville

[edit] Colorado

Cheesman Dam, Denver
Durango-Silverton Branch of the D&RGW RR, Durango
Gunnison Tunnel, Montrose
Prehistoric Mesa Verde Reservoirs, Mesa Verde
Moffat Tunnel, Winter Park

[edit] Connecticut

Rocky River Pumped Storage Hydro-Plant, New Milford [1]

[edit] Delaware

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, New Castle
New Castle Ice Harbor, New Castle

[edit] District of Columbia

U.S. Capitol, Washington
Washington Monument, Washington

[edit] Florida

Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine
King's Road, New Smyrna
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg / Palmetto

[edit] Georgia

City Plan of Savannah, Savannah

[edit] Hawaii

Kamehameha V Post Office, Honolulu
East Maui Irrigation System, East Maui

[edit] Illinois

Cortland Street Drawbridge, Chicago
Chesbroughs Water Supply System, Chicago
Reversal of the Chicago River, Chicago

[edit] Indiana

Duck Creek Aqueduct, Metamora
West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs

[edit] Iowa

Keokuk Hydro-Power System, Keokuk
Hydraulics Laboratory at the University of Iowa, Iowa City

[edit] Kentucky

Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665, Middlesboro
Louisville and Portland Canal Locks & Dam, Louisville
Louisville Water Works, Louisville
Kentucky Dam, Gilbertsville
High Bridge, Jessamine

[edit] Louisiana

McNeill Street Pumping Station, Shreveport
Eads South Pass Navigation Works, Venice

[edit] Maine

Bailey Island Bridge, Harpswell
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth
Robyville Bridge, Corinth[2]
Maine Turnpike
Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge, Bucksport
Watson Settlement Bridge, Littleton
Sewall's Bridge, York
Hemlock Bridge, Fryeburg

[edit] Maryland

Bollman Truss Bridge, Savage
Druid Lake Dam, Baltimore
Cabin John Aqueduct, Cabin John
Carrollton Viaduct, Baltimore

[edit] Maryland-Pennsylvania

Mason-Dixon Line

[edit] Massachusetts

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, Watertown

[edit] Michigan

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, Detroit

[edit] Minnesota

Seventh Street Improvement Arches, St. Paul
Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, St. Louis Park
Stone Arch Bridge - Great Northern Railway, Minneapolis

[edit] Mississippi

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Exp. Station, Vicksburg

[edit] 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. Louis

[edit] Montana

Fort Peck Dam, Ft. Peck
Going-to-the-Sun Road, Lake McDonald

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New Hampshire

Five Stone Arch Bridges, Hillsborough
Mount Washington Cog Railway, Mt. Washington
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish (designated by Vermont)

[edit] New Jersey

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, Hamden

[edit] New Mexico

Elephant Butte Dam, Truth or Consequences
El Camino Real, Santa Fe
Embudo, New Mexico Stream Gauging Station, Embudo
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway, Chama

[edit] New York

Brooklyn Bridge

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 City

[edit] North Carolina

Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Claremont
Dorton Arena, Raleigh
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras

[edit] North Dakota

Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64

[edit] Ohio

Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Cleveland
Ohio 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, Liverpool

[edit] Oregon

Rogue River Bridge, Gold Beach
Columbia River Scenic Highway, Portland
Bonneville Dam, Columbia River System, Bonneville

[edit] Pennsylvania

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Columbia
Frankford Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, Lackawaxen
Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Brownsville
Kinzua Viaduct, 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, Harrisburg

[edit] South Carolina

Charleston - Hamburg Railroad, Charleston

[edit] South Dakota

Missouri River Bridges, Chamberlain
Belle Fourche Dam, Belle Fourche

[edit] Tennessee

Morison's Memphis Bridge, Memphis
Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville
Montgomery Bell's Tunnel, Nashville
Norris Dam, Knoxville

[edit] Texas

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, Houston

[edit] Utah

Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City
Joining of the Rails - Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory

[edit] Vermont

Cornish - Windsor Covered Bridge, Windsor
Ascutney Mill Dam, Windsor

[edit] Virginia

Fink Deck Truss Bridge, Lynchburg
Potowmack Canal and Locks, Great Falls
Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel, Waynesboro
Dismal Swamp Canal, Chesapeake
Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia Beach
Gosport Naval Dry Docks, Norfolk

[edit] Virginia-North Carolina

Blue Ridge Parkway, Shenandoah National Park

[edit] Washington

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 Coulee

[edit] West Virginia

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling
Baltimore & Ohio Roundhouse & Shop Complex, Martinsburg

[edit] Wisconsin

Marshall Building, Milwaukee
Vulcan Street Plant, Appleton
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, Milwaukee

[edit] Wyoming

Buffalo Bill Dam, Cody

[edit] External links

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