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(from List of wooden toys) Image 8Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set) Image 9A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical...

about ¥34.5 billion had been spent, construction of the Nanpō Freight Line in Japan was 90% complete when construction was suspended, but since 2002 about...

in 1850 U.S. President Millard Fillmore signed a land grant for the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, making it the first land-grant railroad...

(4 ft 8+1⁄2 in), the line's loading gauge remained unchanged which required the construction of new shinkansen trains with a narrower cross-section? ...that in 1949...

than 3 months.) 1987 - 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut...

Northwest routes from Sydney to Armidale and Moree respectively? ...that construction of the Cleveland Railway in England was repeatedly held up by disputes...

the construction workers, who were mainly recruited from what is now southern Chad and the Central African Republic, died during the construction of the...

authorities? ...that although construction began on the Krasnoyarsk Metro in Russia in 1995, continued funding problems slowed construction such that by the time...

Events 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline....

Brighton and South Coast Railway's first J1 class 4-6-2T steam locomotive, construction of the second locomotive was delayed because its designer went on extended...

self-propelled, lightweight railway vehicles that share many aspects of their construction with highway buses, were normally designed to provide passenger train...

Rawang-to-Seremban stretch of KTM Komuter train services, part of the construction included elevating all platforms in the station to support easier access...

Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station (南阿蘇水の生まれる里白水高原駅)? ...that when construction proposals were accepted in 1875 for the Maria Pia Bridge, a railway bridge...

...that construction of the Antioquia Railway was one of the last public works that Colombia was able to finance by going to international capital markets...

new Tuvan Railway under construction in Tuva, Russia, includes a section of right-of-way through Park Ergaki, so construction crews are following the...

constructing new steam locomotive boilers up to modern standards of construction, performance, and safety? ...that the first regularly scheduled subway...

...that construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on England's London and Birmingham Railway in the 1830s was slowed when the tunnel builders encountered unexpected...

construction in 1873. The Luchtspoor was a 2.2-kilometre (1.4 mi) long railway viaduct through the center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Construction...

places to ease the steep grades of the original alignment, including the construction of a spiral? ...that the design of the New Zealand Railways Corporation...

contemporary architecture developed. Over the years, the field of architectural construction has branched out to include everything from ship design to interior decorating...

Maffei, which was founded in 1836 by Joseph Anton von Maffei, completed construction of their 500th locomotive in 1864? ...that the 23-metre (75 ft 6 in)...

American locomotives to make use of the C-C wheel arrangement? ...that when construction of the N Line in Denver, Colorado, is completed in 2018, the 18.5-mile...

the viaduct in fact has a solid concrete core in its pillars and its construction in the 1880s makes it one of the earliest modern structures to have a...

completion in 1976 until being surpassed by the Burj Dubai in 2007? ...that construction cost overruns and insufficient revenues resulted in the British Raj taking...

Pacific equipment? ...that Odakyu Electric Railway is carrying out a major construction project on its Odawara Line between Yoyogi-Uehara and Mukōgaoka-Yūen...

state. The history of skyscrapers in Cleveland began in 1889 with the construction of the Society for Savings Building, often regarded as the first skyscraper...

rolling stock was moved there from the Buenos Aires Zoo? ...that during construction of the failed Algemba railway and pipeline project from 1919 to 1921...

on a 24-year career in the U.S. Congress, William Alden Smith oversaw construction of the Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and Southeastern Railroad in Michigan?...

2010, was so heavily used that it reached capacity in 2015, spurring construction on the parallel Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway for CRH passenger train...

other passenger systems, an underground mine system and some tramways on construction projects, rail transport in Fiji is now primarily limited to moving cut...

completion, this section had the most expensive construction cost per mile of any highway in the U.S. The construction achievement earned 30 awards for the Colorado...

all new line (Metro 4) already under construction, and a further line (Metro 5) expected to begin construction during 2007? ...that prior to being merged...

president of North American Railway Contracting Company, which oversaw construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Canadian Rockies, James Ross...

completion, this section had the most expensive construction cost per mile of any highway in the U.S. The construction achievement earned 30 awards for the Colorado...

reportedly only ever carried one train (other than construction and ballast trains) between its construction in 1888 and dismantling in 1916? ...that although...

Glattal light rail system? ...that a major part of the Ueno-Tokyo Line construction is to restore about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) of tracks that linked Ueno...

renumbering. Construction began in 1966 at the I-5 interchange with Ardath Road leading to La Jolla. It continued with the construction of San Clemente...

build-operate-transfer (BOT) franchise? ...that at the time of Archway tube station's construction in 1907, then known as Highgate station, the first cable car in Europe...

Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh. Construction on the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish...

Construction edit Construction and civil engineering  : WSP Global  : CCCC, China Railway Group, China Railway Construction  : ACS Group, Acciona, FCC...

A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models. The pieces avoid the lead time of...

the construction workers, who were mainly recruited from what is now southern Chad and the Central African Republic, died during the construction of the...

East tube station was built after concrete had started to be used as a construction material, the platforms have a high headroom, which combined with the...

patent for the first automated steam-powered foghorn? ...that although construction didn't begin until the 1970s, the idea of a tunnel between Stuttgart...

Africa? ...that construction of Sakura Shukugawa Station in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, coincided with and paralleled the construction to widen Hyōgo...

The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was a massive undertaking involving tens of thousands of people often in extreme temperatures and...

The construction of the World Trade Center started as a post-World War II urban renewal project, spearheaded by David Rockefeller, to help revitalize Lower...

...that narrow-gauge railroads were often used in mining, logging, construction, tunnelling, quarrying, and the conveying of agricultural products? ...

journey from a staffed (host or premium) station? ...that after railroad construction began in 1868 along both sides of the Willamette River in Oregon, Ben...

equipment and construction materials for development, such as requirements for oil exploration and drilling operations? ...that in 1875 construction of the Banbury...

rights of way? ...that the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway under construction in China is designed such that the venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics...

Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh. Construction on the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish...

the Athens Metro in Greece was opened in 1869 and electrified in 1904, construction of the second line didn't begin until 1996? ...that one of two surviving...

of the second century AD. The names of three Greeks who worked on the construction of the temple of Bel are known through inscriptions, including a probably...

that the East Lancashire Railway's 2003 extension to Heywood required construction of a new bridge to cross over the Manchester Metrolink line to Bury,...

2010, was so heavily used that it reached capacity in 2015, spurring construction on the parallel Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway for CRH passenger train...

encourage drivers to stay in their lanes? ... that Henry Ford helped stop construction of a state highway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in order to gain...

line just outside Waterford run over deep bogland covered in bulrushes, construction of the 7.25-mile (11.67 km) long Waterford and Tramore Railway, the only...

that to continue construction "would be cultural vandalism, on an extreme scale"? ... that a grader which broke down during construction of Gary Junction...

Construction trains in the eastern tube of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, August 28, 2004. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel under construction...

at I-70 near Wheeling Park. Construction began in 1975 in the two states but due to a chronic lack of funding, construction in Ohio was stalled between...

centre. Another construction project is the planned Riga Northern Transport Corridor, which is scheduled to start in 2010. The construction of a new landmark...

that the Neuquén-Cipolletti railway bridge (pictured) was the first construction project in Argentina to use compressed air? ... that Thornton's Corners...

planning for Busan Metro Line 3, Line 4 was proposed as Phase 2 of Line 3's construction? ...that the Choshi Electric Railway 2000 series EMU cars introduced...

Stefano Island 2003 - Earth Liberation Front spray-paint concrete walls and construction equipment at a Wal-Mart construction site in Fairbanks, Alaska....

those at Abbey Mills and those at Three Mills, one of which survives. Construction of the New River in the seventeenth century to supply drinking water...

1863 – Union Pacific Railroad holds groundbreaking ceremonies in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Omaha, Nebraska, (pictured)...

of significant attention and consideration as part of the design and construction process? ...that at Volksdorf station, a terminal station on Hamburg...

21st century? ...that due to countless setbacks over several decades, construction of Belgrade Centre railway station, which opened in January 2016, has...

Workers and dignitaries pause for a photograph during construction of the narrow-gauge railway bridge on the River Zeta in Nikšić, Yugoslavia, (now in...

County Transit District's Sprinter light rail line? ...that following the construction of Busan–Gimhae Light Rail Transit, a 23.92 km (14.86 mi) long light...

measure to help reduce congestion along Interstate 95 during a highway construction project? ...that for its 1937 introduction, Reading Railroad's Crusader...

Battalion since 1890 was sold for the construction of the Olympiapark and later another part was torn down for the construction of the Bundeswehr Computer Center...

Daniel Page, the second mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, helped finance the construction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad? ... that the Victorian Railways...

the church celebrated 100 years of construction in 2006, and is only gothic-style stone building under construction anywhere in the world. 1998 – Murray...

country, reopened quarries, mines and trade routes and began massive construction projects of a type that had not been undertaken since the time of the...

fertilizer, methanol and petrol. The core 'Think Big' projects included the construction of the Mobil synthetic-petrol plant at Motunui, the complementary expansion...

A section of new railroad track under construction in Finland on 2005-07-22. Recently selected: Bridge near Eglisau, Switzerland - NSB EL13 class locomotive...

Mission Valley Viaduct. Since then, several construction projects have taken place, including the construction of local and express lanes at the northern...

Fluor Corporation is an American engineering and construction firm, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through...

line the right-of-way for a new suburban service railway line under construction in Greece in 2007. The new line will connect Athens, Corinth and Patras...

1908 – 3 December 1993) was an American civil engineer who directed the construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project...

locomotives that were brought to Poland after World War II? ...that construction of the Nuremberg-Erfurt high-speed rail line in Germany, which is planned...

that passenger trains have served DeKalb station in Illinois from its construction in 1891 until the day before Amtrak assumed operation of most U.S. intercity...

original plans for 60). Designed by the Argentine architect César Pelli, construction was completed in 1991. Identifiable from a great distance as an obelisk-shaped...

Construction at Mount Rushmore of George Washington's likeness....

sister ship Kentucky, Illinois was still under construction at the end of World War II. Her construction was canceled in August 1945, but her hull remained...

Jalalabad at the maintenance facility of the Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit, a private construction company, kills at least 10 and injures 25, damaging...

of Merton College. The chapel replaced an earlier church on the site, with construction beginning in about 1290 and continuing into the 15th century....

November 2004. Initial construction started in November 1997, with the first phase opened in November 2001. The first phase of construction was completed in...

A split infinitive is a grammatical construction in the English language where a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, occurs between...

November 2004. Initial construction started in November 1997, with the first phase opened in November 2001. The first phase of construction was completed in...

Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo hotel under construction at 401 N. Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois, named for famed...

trains as well as three highway lanes, collapses during construction, killing 76 construction workers. 1979 – Bangor and Aroostook Railroad discontinues...

Construction work proceeds in 1873 on the first Parnell Tunnel, which will pass under Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. A new, larger tunnel was subsequently...

A steam shovel is hard at work in the construction of new railway cutting in Waterford, Ireland, in 1905. Recently selected: Canadian National Railway...

homes (Indonesian: 'rumah adat') of the Minangkabau. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect...

announced to the American people. 1817 – At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins. 1826 – Former American presidents John Adams...

centre. Another construction project is the planned Riga Northern Transport Corridor, which is scheduled to start in 2010. The construction of a new landmark...

the line was made in 1992; construction started two years later. The line was subjected to severe criticism during construction when the Romerike Tunnel...

Shinkansen (中央新幹線, Central Shinkansen) is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka. Its initial...

Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike. 2004 – Turkey begins construction of a tunnel under the Bosporus. More events: May 18 – May 19 – May 20...

Construction of the stack interchange between I-95 and I-695 northeast of Baltimore...

long construction time of the tunnel, tracks were laid in the city streets, but neither route was completed before the end of the war. Construction was...

territory of the United States. 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). 1941 – World War II: American...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

Construction of the chapel of Wadham College began soon after the college was founded in 1610 and it was consecrated on 29 April 1613. The stained glass...

Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. Construction began in 1163, during the reign of Louis VII, and opinion differs as...

State. Construction on the lighthouse was authorized by the Second United States Congress, under President George Washington in 1792. Construction began...

dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and...

and BNSF trains on the two railroad's double-track mainlines? ...that construction on Japan's first Shinkansen route, the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo...

Terrace? ...that although feasibility studies have been conducted and construction proposals have been sought for the proposed Khunjerab Railway connecting...

served by twice-hourly local and hourly limited express trains? ...that construction on the Chengdu–Dujiangyan High-Speed Railway in Sichuan Province, China...

passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. 1806 - Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland...

UNESCO in 1988. Construction on the current Great Mosque began in 1906 and was probably completed in 1907 or 1909. The mosque's construction was supervised...

building and machinery, which were demolished in the mid-19th century for construction of the original Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, are believed to...

five Junkers Ju-87 (Stuka) dive bombers in matter of minutes. 1958 – Construction of Stage I of the Sydney Opera House begins. 1972 – Prime Minister Gough...

space ventures; specifically, "Phase Two" of the joint project, the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). The program was announced in...

common townhouse podium. One tower, One Rincon Hill North Tower, is under construction as of 2013 and will reach a height of 541 feet (165 m) with 50 stories...

dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at the palace of Versailles. In 1681, he...

Edinburgh Trams is a tram system under construction in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first phase of the project consists of a sixteen-station, 14-kilometre...

Light Rail (Norwegian: Bybanen i Bergen) is a light rail system under construction in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a fifteen-station...

dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and...

Pickering, contractors to the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company for the construction of the Cape Town-Wellington railway line, imported a small 0-4-0 side-tank...

diplomacy and military strategy. The global arms race in battleship construction in the early 20th century was one of the causes of World War I, which...

that region. An expressway bypass of the city of Brawley is also under construction. edit  Portal:California roads/Selected article/2 The Ridge Route, officially...

by a third locomotive of the same design, of 0-4-0ST locomotives in construction service for Mac Donald & Company? ...that over 1000 Class 40 electric...

An old timer iron worker bolts beams during construction of the Empire State Building; the Chrysler Building can be seen in the background....

Tom Tower and Tom Quad of Christ Church. Construction of Cardinal College (as it was initially called) begun in 1529 under Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (Lord...

III railroad constructed by the City of San Francisco to support the construction and expansion of the O'Shaughnessy Dam across Hetch Hetchy Valley. Based...

The construction of I-68 began in 1965 and continued for over 25 years, with completion on August 2, 1991. While the road was under construction, it was...

along the Ring Line. The two will be connected via the Løren Line when construction concludes. With 40,000 daily riders, the Grorud Line is the busiest branch...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

a historic railroad tunnel engineered by Claudius Crozet during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was part of a series...

Amiga software Credit: Rashid Clark A room built in Adventure Construction Set on an Amiga using a fully custom tile set. More selected pictures...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at the palace of Versailles. In 1681, he...

homes (Indonesian: 'rumah adat') of the Minangkabau. The architecture, construction, internal and external decoration, and the functions of the house reflect...

experienced during the construction of the Thames Tunnel. This was overcome when James Henry Greathead tendered for construction and the tunnel was built...

Typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. 1833 – Cornerstones laid for construction of the Kirtland Temple in Ohio. 1862 – American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck...

Hazard Perry Belmont located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. Construction was begun in 1891 and completed in 1894, and it was intended to be used...

chosen to minimize disruptive land takings? ...that Aldgate tube station construction was complicated as it is located on the site of a plague pit which contains...

railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia...

1913, and also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City...

stations in the system? ... that scrap metal from demolition work during construction of the Capitol Hill station was sold to fund meals for the homeless?...

the original plans. Roadway construction was scheduled for 2012. Recent developments in MDOT schedules had construction starting on the Grand River bridge...

the line was made in 1992; construction started two years later. The line was subjected to severe criticism during construction when the Romerike Tunnel...

dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and...

troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project...

Haweswater is a reservoir built in the valley of Mardale. The controversial construction of the Haweswater dam started in 1929, after Parliament passed an Act...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

Interstate Commerce Commission banning future wooden body passenger car construction. 1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo...

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the tallest dam in the world as of 2005[update]. (The Rogun Dam, under construction along the Vakhsh also in Tajikistan, is expected to exceed the Nurek...

Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad begins construction westward from Newton, Kansas, toward Colorado. 1874 – Construction begins on the Seattle and Walla Walla...

hauls the Ocean Mails special from Plymouth to London Paddington. 1917 – Construction is completed on the 784 km (487 mile) railway line linking the port of...

Street. All of the bricks used in the construction were fired on campus using clay excavated from the construction site in order to build the foundation...

Construction on H-58 at the Hurricane River Recently selected: I-75 • I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 • US 41...

Gotthardbahn-Gesellschaft) was the former private railway company which financed the construction of, and originally operated, that line. The railway comprises a main...

penetrate and damage the road's foundations. This construction method, the greatest advance in road construction since Roman times, became known as "macadamisation"...

day of Hanukkah In 2449, (1313 BCE), all the work necessary for the construction of the Mishkan was completed. In 3597 (165 BCE), the Jews defeated the...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

Guanajuato. It is also an important icon in the state in general. Since its construction in November of 1550, and its culmination on 1559, its massive size and...

Railway construction in Greece...

the site, although their viability was only considered following the construction of the first Forth bridge in 1890. Designed and constructed at a cost...

that the planned extension of the Helsinki tram network projected for construction in the 2021-2035 time frame includes converting the 25-kilometre long...

outset that the vehicle would be very standardised, and of integral construction. This allowed more flexibility in the location of mechanical components...

worship for the Jewish community of Zagreb in modern-day Croatia, from its construction in 1867 in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austrian Empire...

March 30 1954 – The first subway system in Canada, the Yonge Subway (construction pictured) operated by Toronto Transit Commission, opens. 2004 – High...

fleet were later retrofitted with head end power alternators? ...that construction of the Usambara Railway began in 1893, making it the first railway to...

The construction of I-68 began in 1965 and continued for over 25 years, with completion on August 2, 1991. While the road was under construction, it was...

The Chicago Spire was a planned supertall skyscraper that began construction in Chicago, Illinois. The skyscraper would have stood taller than Chicago's...

rail trails? ...that French-born engineer Claudius Crozet oversaw the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel, the longest of four tunnels near Afton Mountain...

Newmarket Railway Station track construction...

Justice of the United States. 1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1861 – American...

line into Crisfield? ... that bad fate fell upon many construction workers during the construction of New Jersey Route 55 (pictured), fueling a belief that...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

penetrate and damage the road's foundations. This construction method, the greatest advance in road construction since Roman times, became known as "macadamisation"...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

a bronze bust of Tom is installed near the park's pavilion. The 1962 construction of the Dan Ryan Expressway demolished the only two Chinatown area parks...

major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. Construction of an earlier bridge, designed by Sir Thomas Bouch, got as far as the...

Parnell Tunnel construction...

Island Rail Road) opens. 1900 – The first section of the Paris Metro (construction pictured) opens. 1968 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Texas...

What about this? It's a photograph of the construction of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge on the Great Western Railway in 1859. Although it's perhaps not...

Railway construction in Afghanistan...

Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of...

population plunged as miners moved to promising finds at Ruby and Iditarod. Construction of the Alaska Railroad caused a surge of economic activity and allowed...

several delays in design and construction. The $5 million project to build the station was approved in 2006 and began construction in March 2009 alongside...

Arcosanti, a planned community for 5,000 people designed by Soleri, under construction since 1970. Located near Cordes Junction, about 70 miles north of Phoenix...

Works factory in the 1976 earthquake, DF5 diesel-electric locomotive construction resumed in a temporary facility, which led the batch of 25 DF5 locomotives...

December 2005. It was designed by the HNTB Corporation and built by Zachry Construction Corporation. The interchange is considered by Popular Mechanics to be...

Events 1994 – Construction commences on the Three Gorges Dam, at Sandouping, Yiling, Hubei, China....

Track construction in Finland...

Perth railway station is 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi) and takes 21 minutes. Construction of the station was promised by both major political parties ahead of...

military service and afterwards. The Nautilus was authorized in 1951. Construction began in 1952, and it was launched in January 1954, sponsored by Mamie...

through a junction at Malakwal, Pakistan, in 2007. Recently selected: Skansen Bridge - Newmarket Railway Station track construction - DRB Class 01.10...

delay attacks from the east or coastal assaults, which at the time of construction meant Russian attacks launched from Finland. It was primarily the expansion...

forests have been cleared, gravel removed for construction and many foreign species introduced. With construction of the linear parks, many species native...

to stop construction of a rail line to a proposed nuclear *waste dump" on Goshute tribal lands? ...that when Nebraska completed construction of its stretch...

County. In the fall of 1929, plans began for the construction of a new building for LHS. Construction began in 1930, and the building was completed in...

Louis XIV made him teacher for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles. In 1681, he returned to Denmark...

on June 19, 2009. However, the Pavilion by Hadid endured construction delays and a construction team change, which led to nationwide coverage of the delay...

Construction on I-75 during the Gateway Project in 2007 Recently selected: Old CR 553 • US 31 • M-35...

Street. All of the bricks used in the construction were fired on campus using clay excavated from the construction site in order to build the foundation...

abundance of readily available coal deposits in the area, and the impending construction of a rail line through Indian Territory. In 1871, J.J. McAlester journeyed...

trail; a dirt road was needed for construction that was later converted into part of the present state highway. Construction on the highway began in 1928,...

The Alaska Highway under construction in 1942. Recently selected: Natchez Trace Parkway • M-87 • U.S. Highway 30...

Chinese. Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy and a standing army of one million troops. There were enormous construction projects, including the...

Luchtspoor construction...

The last successful telemetry from NASA space probe Pioneer 10. 2006 - Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York...

in Germany opens the section from Bad Nauheim to Rockenberg. 1914 – Construction begins on the Connaught Tunnel in the Selkirk Mountains under Rogers...

As the construction for the Gotthard Base Tunnel neared completion in 2016, Swiss Federal Railways ran special Gottardino trains into the tunnel to show...

Bridge, the Tay Bridge has also been called the Tay Rail Bridge since the construction of a road bridge over the firth, the Tay Road Bridge. The rail bridge...

Masjid Raya Ganting) is a mosque located in Ganting, Padang, Indonesia. Construction began in 1805, making the mosque the oldest in Padang and one of the...

The bill that would become the Pacific Railroad Act authorizing the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad is passed by the United States...

riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with anti–war demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War...

Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail. Its construction allowed covered wagons to cross the Cascade Range and reach the Willamette...

public highway, and is therefore kept open by law 24 hours a day? ...that construction of North End station between Hampstead and Golders Green on the Northern...

in Ottawa, 2000. This was one of the last runs of the LRC locomotives. Recently selected: Luchtspoor construction - Rolle-Gimel tram - CNW roundhouse...

Dakota Access Pipeline A U.S. federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the...

Württemberg, appointed Philipp Joseph Jenisch to direct the work, and construction began in 1704. In 1707, Jenisch was replaced by Johann Friedrich Nette...

to carry more energy resulting in more efficient locomotives? ...that construction of Bochum Hauptbahnhof in the 1950s included moving 250,000 cubic metres...

the owners of the Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway during its construction in the early 20th century were Canadian, it was rumored that a connection...

construction of a rail tunnel or bridge across the Bering Strait to connect the Trans-Siberian to the North American rail system, and construction of...

A Jung 0-6-2T locomotive and crew pause for a photograph during the construction of the Otavi Railway circa 1905 in German South-West Africa (present day...

state. The history of skyscrapers in Cleveland began in 1889 with the construction of the Society for Savings Building, often regarded as the first skyscraper...

1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting on the MTR. In 1967, construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study. The Hong...

Fourth and Washington Streets in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It is one of the 2,509 libraries whose construction was funded by Andrew Carnegie....

opened in 1876, the work included closing a few level crossings and construction of a new bicycle tunnel under the station to replace them? ...that the...

Railway construction workers install new track as part of a new wye at Newmarket Railway Station in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2009. Recently selected:...

Amsterdam Central Station. Its red brick construction made it a symbolic example of western-style construction at the time. Much of the original building...

15 May 2009 – Construction of Crossrail begins....

journey at 4,321 metres (14,177 ft) above sea level. Recently selected: Pakistan Railways 2-8-0 - Parnell Tunnel construction - Kijfhoek classification yard...

than 3 months.) 1987 - 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut...

part of the first stage of the Asker Line, between Asker and Sandvika. Construction started in February 2002 and the tunnel opened on 27 August 2005. The...

August 26, urban engineer Nicholas von der Nonne and city architect, construction engineer Anton Kandinov confirm the plan of the palace. But architect...

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The Green Line Extension (GLX) is a construction project to extend the light rail Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line northwest...

Kacem to Meknès, Morocco, in 2010 Recently selected: railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia - freight yard in Russia - rack railway in Monte Carlo...

which are used by the Green Line B branch, C branch, and D branch. Construction of the station (originally named Massachusetts) began in December 1912;...

military opposition the building of fixed bridges across the Rhine delayed construction of the Duisburg-Hochfeld Railway Bridge for several years? ...that the...

viaduct from a wooden to a steel structure. Recently selected: Railway construction in Afghanistan - BR class 55 locomotives - L&N stations in Louisville...

suburban rail lines along the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul also includes the construction under the Bosphorus strait of the world's deepest undersea immersed tube...

Westbahnhof, Austria, in March 2009. Recently selected: Amtrak Wilmington Shops - Albury Mail on the Wagga Wagga viaduct - Railway construction in Afghanistan...

Bernina, Switzerland, in February 2011. Recently selected: CargoNet intermodal freight train - Railway construction in Greece - VR class Dv12 locomotives...

feet (2,760,000 m3). Construction of the K-25 facility was undertaken by J. A. Jones Construction. At the height of construction, over 25,000 workers...

between what has become the city of Barstow and San Diego, California. Construction began in National City, just south of San Diego, in 1881, and proceeded...

25 October 1973 – Maplin Development Act receives Royal Assent authorising construction of London's third airport at Maplin Sands, Essex....

Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh. Construction on the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish...

Urie. The class has a highly complex construction history that spanned several batches and years of construction from 1919 onwards. They were initially...

congestion during construction work on I-95. However, it proved more popular than expected, and service was continued after construction ended despite criticisms...

buildings beginning in the 1870s. Technological improvements enabled the construction of fireproofed iron-framed structures with deep foundations, equipped...

the road over Cortina d'Ampezzo to Toblach. From 1836 to 1840 he was a construction supervisor for the railway track from Brno to Břeclav, the so called...

speed of the railway. Construction was started in 1990, and was opened by King Harald V on 16 May 1993. Following the construction of the tunnel, 32 kilometres...

(1787) construction of Fort Steuben is completed....

dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and...

Professional Engineers awarded the first construction phase, "Running Tunnels and Underground Structures," its 2013 Construction Project of the Year. According...

and Ōsaka Station every seven minutes, in opposite directions? ...that construction of the Orlando International Airport Intermodal Terminal facility mostly...

miles (24–32 km) away. A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner...

63rd Street Tunnel took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly half a century? ... that George Bangs's cemetery memorial...

of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the...

so-called "Dark Ages" when the cut-and-cover method was used in its construction in the 1990s? ...that the calligraphic Chinese characters in the station...

Construction of the San Francisco Mint, 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco (1876) image credit: Eadweard Muybridge, Historic American Buildings Survey...

facility is a popular venue for concerts and other artistic productions. Construction of the arena began in 1993, and the facility opened on October 12, 1995...

Northern Territory becomes self-governing. 1983 – High Court blocks construction of the Franklin Dam in Tasmania in the Tasmanian Dams Case. 1986 – Fringe...

system has proven so popular because of its efficiency and affordability. Construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study released in...

development of an independent writing system, the organization of collective construction and agricultural projects, trade with surrounding regions, and a military...

passenger cars over the Skansen Bridge in 2000. Recently selected: Newmarket Railway Station track construction - DRB Class 01.10 - South West African Jung...

Kleinbahn? ...that at the suggestion of engineer Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev, construction of Almaty-2 railway station in Almaty, Kazakhstan, was moved to Starokladbischenskuyu...

New York Central, dies (b. 1794). 1934 – The Budd Company completes construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr. 1993...

1972 and 1992, to allow for redevelopment in the town centre and the construction of a new bus station? ...that the history of railroad police in the United...

River at the north end of the Sacramento Valley, California, during its construction in June 1942. The dam mainly serves long-term water storage and flood...

1842 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral resumes 1891 – Birth of Nazi engineer Fritz Todt, founder of Organisation Todt...

line opened in 2007. A further extension to Seoul is currently under construction and expected to open in late 2010. Recently selected: Okuoi Rainbow Bridge...

New York City Subway is under continual improvement, including subway construction methods, wireless and cellular network connections in stations, moving...

15 April 1968 – Erected in 1963 to enable the construction of the Underground station concourse below the road junction, the Oxford Circus Umbrella road...

train d’essai n°814521 sur le raccordement de Vendenheim de la LGV EE en construction le 14 novembre 2015 [Urgent Inquiry Report No. 2015-AS-67: Derailment...

(further to the rear) an E60. Recently selected: Albury Mail on the Wagga Wagga viaduct - Railway construction in Afghanistan - BR class 55 locomotives...

the tallest dam in the world as of 2005[update]. (The Rogun Dam, under construction along the Vakhsh also in Tajikistan, is expected to exceed the Nurek...

Blanco and San Mateo (near Lima), Peru, in 2013. Recently selected: mixed train at Malakwal - Skansen Bridge - Newmarket Railway Station track construction...

Japan is the largest and busiest station on Kyūshū? ...that although construction was completed in 2007 on HSL 3, a Belgian high-speed rail line which...

linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou in China, opens for service. 1916 – Construction is completed on the Hell Gate Bridge (pictured) in New York City. 1967...

September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting on the MTR. Construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study released in...

miles (24–32 km) away. A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner...

TGV services between Geneva and Paris. Recently selected: Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12 - CargoNet intermodal freight train - Railway construction in Greece...

India? ... that Georg Ræder played a central role in the planning and construction of the first public railway line in Norway? ... that Winston Churchill's...

Night panorama of the Las Vegas Strip, featuring Project City Center construction to the right...

of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the...

organization. In 2009, an unidentified arsonist destroyed the center. Construction on a new building began in April 2012, but in the interim, the center...

that occurred on April 30. 1869 – Central Pacific Railroad completes construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North...

railway cutting construction...

the University Link Extension, which began construction in 2009 and opened on March 19, 2016. Construction of the station required the demolition of two...

Gevingåsen Tunnel is a 4.4-kilometre (2.7 mi) railway tunnel under construction between Hommelvik and Hell, Norway, on the Nordland Line. Blasting was...

one highway number? ... that bad fate fell upon many construction workers during the construction of New Jersey Route 55, fueling a belief that the highway...

after their delivery in the United States. Recently selected: Nyugati Railway Station - Track construction in Finland - Bridge near Eglisau, Switzerland...

in Scotland became the first railway to cross the river at Ayr when construction was completed and the line was fully opened in 1856? ...that although...

two separate routes, was built in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock. The motorway also absorbed...

Superstructure being hoisted onto an aircraft carrier during its construction at the Newport News shipyard...

above them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction? ...that in 1904 Erie Railroad promoted travel to Cambridge Springs station...

high-rises in the United States city of Dayton, Ohio, began in 1896 with the construction of the Reibold Building. Although the Reibold Building was Dayton's first...

Credit: NASA Mercury capsule after completed construction at Lewis Hangar...

Bridge on the River Kwai. Recently selected: passengers transferring from ship to train - ONCF passenger train - railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia...

abolition of steam traction on British Railways lines? ...that for the construction of Great Western Railway's Box Tunnel in Western England in 1838, candles...

Conceived as an unusual combination of a large church surmounted by a hotel, construction of the building brought architectural dispute. Initially designed by...

first proposed in the 1930s, was built between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing in Tarbock. The motorway also absorbed...

Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of...

MWAK (Mason-Walsh-Atkinson Kier Company) began construction that year. After visiting the construction site in August 1934, President Franklin Delano...

Norway, seen here on the Saltfjellet in March 2011 Recently selected: Railway construction in Greece - VR class Dv12 locomotives - SBB passenger train...

Star Line began construction on their 60,000 ton Oceanic in 1928, while Cunard planned a 75,000 ton unnamed ship of their own. Construction of the Queen...

the interior of China? ...that in anticipation for the second phase of construction on the Millennium Line in Vancouver, an extension from Lougheed Mall...

authorizes private construction of a transcontinental railway. 1880 – Andrew Onderdonk sets off a dynamite blast to start construction of the British Columbia...

2026 – Six people are killed and four others are trapped when an under-construction bridge collapses during a storm in Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh,...

Württemberg state assembly granted 3.8 million guilders in the early 1840s for construction of the Württemberg Central Railway, while the state's total annual budget...

transcontinental train to arrive in Vancouver on May 23, 1887? ...that although construction of Busan Subway Line 2 in South Korea began in 1991, the first section...

killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd. 1904 - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal. 1932 - In Atlanta, Georgia...

had a plaque mounted on it in 2006 to commemorate the centenary of its construction. Recently selected: spiker - Gare Montparnasse wreck of 1895 - Trinidad...

the railway being built through their land. Recently selected: Parnell Tunnel construction - Kijfhoek classification yard - Phosphate railway incline...

commemoration of his deceased son Ismayil, and was named Ismailiyya after him. Construction began in 1908 and ended in 1913. The building of mosques is appointed...

Saskatchewan, Canada. 1897 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the construction of the Ottawa and New York Railway. 1951 – The Cangkring (near Cirebon...

to the former Eastleigh Works, a steam locomotive and rolling stock construction and repair facility which was first opened by the London and South Western...

...that prior to the construction of the current Forth Bridge in Scotland, construction of a bridge designed by Tay Bridge designer Sir Thomas Bouch got...

in Tulsa, was first authorized in 1987, with construction beginning in 1989. The turnpike's construction was controversial from opposition from homeowners...

duties to help prevent accidents and sabotage. Recently selected: Chinese steam locomotives - Nyugati Railway Station - Track construction in Finland...

...that construction of North End station between Hampstead and Golders Green on the Northern line was abandoned before the station was finished when it...

This image has been deleted. Railway construction workers pause for a photograph in Afghanistan in May 2010. This new railway line from Termez to Mazar-i-Sharif...

India. It was opened to the public within four years of starting the construction, making it the fastest completed metro project in India until the Lucknow...

Surrey Iron Railway, in the south of London, England, opens. 1881 – Construction crews on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad's Alpine Tunnel...

for the whole colony. O'Connor had much experience in harbour and dock construction by April 1891, when he resigned his position to become Engineer-in-Chief...

line, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. Recently selected: LRC-powered Nightstar - Luchtspoor construction - Rolle-Gimel tram...

strategically important as the Japanese base of operations for supplying the construction of the Burma Railway? ...that a design limitation of the early Automatische...

which was approved in 1900. Construction on the tunnel to the south of 110th Street started on August 30, and construction on the tunnel to the north started...

of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the...

characterised by dusty roads and bungalows, the city is witnessing a major construction boom and population increase. A rising centre of education, information...

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. 1911 – The New York Public Library opened. 1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs...

Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive. Planning began in October 1997, construction began in October 1998 and was completed in July 2004. Millennium Park...

parallels Union Pacific and Utah Transit Authority rail lines and I-15. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2008, with the parkway opening in...

1908 — The first production Ford Model T is built 1925 — Construction on the Nürburgring begins...

Holliday donated a tract of land to the state for the construction of a state capitol. Construction of the Kansas State Capitol began in 1866. It would...

completion. The planning began in 1991 and construction started in April 1996. Three years later construction was stopped by the new SPD-Green coalition...

...that Elfric Wells Chalmers Kearney proposed the construction of an underground monorail line from Cricklewood to The Oval?...

– A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. 1969 – Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder...

passenger train at Ilford station. 2013 – A crash of a helicopter into a construction crane at Vauxhall in fog kills the pilot and 1 person on the ground....

Arnprior. 1899 – New Haven Railroad signs a deal with Sanderson & Porter, construction contractors, acquiring control of the People's Tramway in Connecticut...

...that although construction on Metrovalencia's Tavernes Blanques - Natzaret line began in 2007 and portions of the line were put into service in September...

Western Railway and Galena and Chicago Union Railroad merge. 2005 – Construction begins on the first light rail commuter line in Phoenix, Arizona; it...

136 years after beginning construction, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona receives a building permit to complete construction. (CNN) (Newser) Disasters...

Trevor-Barkley begins construction on the Bucharest-Giurgiu line, the first railroad line built in the territory of Romania. 1866 – Construction of the Randsfjorden...

Construction of the Manhattan Bridge in 1909...

became the longest railway tunnel in Africa? ...that to facilitate construction of breakwaters at East London harbour in the Cape Colony (present day...

September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting on the MTR. Construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study released in...

voters approving a one-half cent sales tax to finance its construction in 1998. The construction of Lynx resulted in controversy regarding its costs and...

statehood, and it was later used as a wagon road and state trunkline. Construction of a freeway along the length of the corridor was proposed in the 1940s...

Nevertheless, a large amount of science, expertise in space station construction and knowledge in working in a cooperative space venture was gained from...

1 KINGS 6 Construction of the Temple begins 480 years after the Exodus, and is completed in seven years. PEOPLE: Solomon - יהוה YHVH PLACES: Jerusalem...

announced in 2001, the Comcast Center underwent two redesigns before construction began in 2005. Designed by architect Robert A. M. Stern for Liberty Property...

1996 – Limited freight service in the Channel Tunnel resumes while construction crews make repairs at the location of the fire three days earlier....

Merseyside, both of which have been taken over by Arriva in 2000? ...that construction of the Mt. Lebanon Tunnel, which opened in the 1980s connecting Pittsburgh...

ceremonies were presided by Brigham Young, who laid the cornerstone; construction officially began on April 6 of that year. Oxen transported granite from...

Star Line began construction on their 60,000 ton Oceanic in 1928, while Cunard planned a 75,000 ton unnamed ship of their own. Construction of the Queen...

Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya Dynasty. Not long after its construction, the temple was abandoned and began to deteriorate. Reconstruction of...

revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she was under construction—still had serious limitations. For this reason she was the only ship...

Guarantee System providing land grants to English companies for railroad construction in India is finalized. 1860 – The Oil Creek Railroad (stock certificate...

...that the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 28 in New York City negotiated the first pension plan in the construction industry?...

is re-equipped with cars rebuilt in the B&O's company shops. 1997 – Construction begins on Phase II of Manchester Metrolink in Manchester, England. 2005...

Portal:Toys/Selected picture/5 A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models. The...

that were in planning at the time had been finalized? ...that from its construction beginning in the mid-1830s the Leamside Line in North East England was...

SR 52 was officially designated in the 1964 state highway renumbering. Construction of the freeway east of Santo Road encountered delays from environmentalists...

went to the University of Chicago and began studies that led to the construction of the world's first nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1). The first...

August 15 1870 - Construction on the Kansas Pacific Railroad (map shown), building westward from Kansas, reaches Denver, Colorado. 1900 - Regular service...

the late 1970s and early 1980s Soviet economists were calling for the construction of more roads to alleviate some of the strain from the railways and to...

Fort Point, view from south-west with Golden Gate Bridge under construction (1934) image credit: Historic American Engineering Record...

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England, opens. 1872 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad begins construction westward from Newton, Kansas, toward Colorado. 1917 – The Santa Fe de...

the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1950s, dies (b. 1883). 2004 – Construction begins on the Marmaray, a railway tunnel under the Bosphorus strait in...

predecessor of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway. 1905 – Construction begins on the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada. 1909 – E. H. Harriman...

of the name day of Nikolai I, who first commissioned Russian railroad construction. 1895 – The Delagoa Bay Railway, in South Africa, opens. 1905 – Death...

MAX project, which extended light rail service to the airport with the construction of a four-station, 5.5-mile (8.9 km) branch line off of the Eastside...

56 meters tall and was inaugurated in its present form in 2009. The construction of the original building started in 1965 and was meant to be used as...

…that Space Shuttle Endeavour was built from spare parts left over from the construction of other Space Shuttle orbiters?...

Raytown to the north via Route 350, a former alignment of US 50 before the construction of I-470. Plans for a southern freeway were first published in 1955,...

of characteristics such as timber construction, varied and elaborate roof structures, and pile and beam construction that take the load straight to the...

William Mackenzie on July 1, is extended to Mimico Creek. 1911 – Six construction workers die in an accident while working on the Western Maryland Railway's...

designed with a theme reminiscent of a futuristic cosmic weightless construction located in free space? ...that RENFE train 100015, one of the AVE Class...

Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses...

miles (24–32 km) away. A protest group formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from botanist and environmental campaigner David...

M2 North-South Corridor Northern Expressway Northern Connector (under construction) North–South Motorway (in progress) Southern Expressway A9 Port River...

Mexico. 2005 – BNSF Railway announces that it has begun planning for the construction of a new intermodal container transload facility near the port of Los...

Empire from 814 to 831 AD. His rule saw a territorial expansion and active construction of large temples and palaces. More selected pictures • Read more......

Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War. 1973 – A...

the French colony of Ivory Coast. Recently selected: Frecciarossa 1000 train - railway cutting construction - Canadian National Railway freight train...

crossing of the American River on State Route 49 in preparation for the construction of the Auburn Dam. The dam was canceled for environmental reasons, but...

adjacent Forth Road Bridge), although this is not its official name. Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the...

the egyptologist Jean-Philippe Lauer was considered to be the foremost expert on pyramid construction techniques and methods at the time of his death?...

in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects...

in Central America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects...

the Maryland General Assembly conscripted several banks to fund the construction of a turnpike between Boonsboro and Hagerstown along what is now U.S...

which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. 1966 – Construction of Waverley Park in Melbourne begins. 1975 – The first One-day International...

1935). 1895 – The Delagoa Bay Railway, in South Africa, opens. 1908 – Construction begins on the Belt Line railway in Hull, Ontario. Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July...

April 1 1826 – Construction begins in Massachusetts on the Granite Railway, one of the first railroads in North America, under the direction of Gridley...

Broadway corridor and began construction on the line in April 2012, also working on a parallel protected bicycle lane. Construction was completed in late 2014...

February 13 1859 – Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad (pictured) completes construction of its line across Missouri to connect its namesake cities. 1902 – The...

Tiburtina railway station in 2015. Recently selected: railway cutting construction - Canadian National Railway freight train - Sabah State Railway locomotive...

was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research...

miles (24–32 km) away. A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner...

1918 — Ford Motor Company begins construction on the massive integrated River Rouge Plant...

her mentor Enrico Fermi. In particular, Woods was instrumental in the construction and then utilization of geiger counters for analysis during experimentation...

beginning in 1868 and chairman of same 1896-1908, is born (d. 1918). 1834 – Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is...

completed. 2005 – UTA TRAX (pictured), in Salt Lake City, Utah, begins construction of its 900 South Station, the railroad's first new station in six years;...

Shuttle Endeavour (pictured) was built from spare parts left over from the construction of other Space Shuttle orbiters? …that the Little Joe was a rocket built...

born (d. 1850). 1851 – The first railway operates in India, hauling construction material in Roorkee. 1902 – The Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales starts...

tramway and light rail were considered, but discarded in the process. Construction started in 1996, and stage 1, from Nørreport to Vestamager and Lergravsparken...

1506 – Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica (interior pictured) in Vatican City, to replace the old St. Peter's Basilica built in the 4th century...

12, 1874 – July 15, 1939) was an American entrepreneur in the automotive industry, highway construction and real estate development. (Full article...)...

Peninsula of Trinidad was leased to the United States between 1940 and 1963 for the construction of a naval base under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement?...

Oldsmobile and runs along or crosses parts of the Grand and Red Cedar rivers. Construction started in 1963, and the freeway opened on December 18, 1970. Segments...

in Germany opens the section from Bad Nauheim to Rockenberg. 1914 – Construction begins on the Connaught Tunnel in the Selkirk Mountains under Rogers...

"tube" railway in London. Funding for construction was obtained in 1895 through a syndicate of financiers and construction work took place from 1896 to 1900...

by H. H. Richardson in 1881, the structure was demolished in 1961 for construction of a Massachusetts Turnpike extension? ...that portions of Network Rail's...

charged to neighboring property owners when the street was widened. Construction of the line was only undertaken because of the efforts of the local communities...

July 4 1828 – Construction begins on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Baltimore, Maryland. 1851 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Pacific...

Construction of The Dalles Dam formed Lake Celilo, flooding the major Native American fishing site of Celilo Falls, in 1957. The Dalles Dam is a hydroelectric...

as ship repair, offshore construction projects and competing for other projects to do with metal engineering and construction. This led to Harland and...

crossing of the American River on State Route 49 in preparation for the construction of the Auburn Dam. The dam was canceled for environmental reasons, but...

City, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana. 2004 – Robert R. Dowty, construction foreman for the replica Jupiter and 119 steam locomotives (pictured)...

cases such as freight railways in seaports? ...that current plans for construction of the Sakhalin Tunnel, a railway connection first envisioned in the...

The construction of I-68 began in 1965 and continued for over 25 years, with completion on August 2, 1991. While the road was under construction, it was...

1995 - The Unabomber's Manifesto is published by The Washington Post and The New York Times 2003 - ELF arsons four homes under construction in San Diego....

trains, the collapse of the cable contractor while the railway was under construction forced a change to electric traction, a still experimental technology...

The construction of the pipeline was one of the first large-scale projects to deal with problems caused by permafrost, and special construction techniques...

1903 — The new Buick begins construction on its first engine factory 1970 — Ford Motor Company introduces the Pinto...

July 1 1862 – The Pacific Railroad Act authorizing the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America is signed into law by President...

central station in Kaliningrad, Russia, were promoted as early as 1896 but construction on Kaliningrad Railway station didn't begin until 1920 with the station's...

1971 — BMW begins construction of its landmark Munich office tower 1991 — Brampton Assembly ends Dodge Monaco and Eagle Premier production to prepare for...

(d. 1897). 1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, who oversaw the major construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was the youngest superintendent of...

Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike. 2004 – Turkey begins construction of a tunnel under the Bosporus. More events: April 22 – April 23 – April...

line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to four tracks? ...that when construction on Berlin Hauptbahnhof train station is completed in 2006, it will be...

mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity as construction resumes on the International Space Station. The landmasses depicted are...

completes construction of the first WDP-4 locomotive to be built entirely within India. 1861 - Jeme Tien Yow, Chief Engineer responsible for construction of...

On this Day - October 30th 1990 - In the construction of the Channel Tunnel service tunnel, a small pilot hole broke through, without ceremony...

Construction of a freshwater prawn farm in Pekalongan Photographer: Stephen Kennedy on Flickr; License: Creative Commons CC-BY...

born (d. 1878). 1865 – The English company John Trevor-Barkley begins construction on the Bucharest-Giurgiu line, the first railroad line built in the territory...

Prudencio Ortiz de Rozas 1804: Smallpox epidemic in Buenos Aires 1804: Construction of the "Coliseo Provisional" theater in Buenos Aires 1858: Birth of writer...

performs the first test of his railway electrification system. 2007 – Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins. More...

State Legislature approved SR 531's current route in 1991. Since then, construction projects, arranged by the Washington State Department of Transportation...

Plans for a route between La Jolla and Santee date back from 1959. Construction began in 1966 with the I-5 interchange to La Jolla, and the San Clemente...

grants were obtained to accelerate design and construction, moving up the opening date to late 2016. Construction on the extension began in May 2013 and on...

(LWRK) cable car, form the Rigi Railways (Rigi-Bahnen). Recently selected: Defunct Pontebbana station - LRC-powered Nightstar - Luchtspoor construction...

was a tandem seat monoplane training aircraft of steel tube and fabric construction with a Warner Scarab radial engine and a Hamilton two bladed propeller...

a 125-kilometre (78 mi) long high-speed railway line currently under construction in the Netherlands and Belgium, the TGV Thalys high speed trains that...

...that the construction of the Hampstead Bypass along Maryland Route 30 was delayed in the 1990s due in part to a habitat of bog turtles? ...that Route...

manufactured for mounting on the 35,000 ton battlecruiser U.S.S. Saratoga whose construction was stopped by the Treaty of Washington." (1938 image) image credit:...

proposal was shelved as a free Interstate Highway was planned instead. Construction started in 1957, signs went up in 1959, and I-75 was completed in 1973...

research was managed for the government by the University of Chicago. Construction workers were housed in a community known as Happy Valley. Built by the...

Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. Construction began in 1163, during the reign of Louis VII, and opinion differs as...

every winter. The Scottish engineer Robert Stevenson had proposed the construction of a lighthouse on Bell Rock in 1799, but cost concerns and the relatively...

in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Currently under construction, the Comcast Center officially became the tallest building on June 18...

in approval of the move. (BBC) Israeli settlement Israel approves the construction of 2,500 more new settlement homes in the West Bank, the most in years...

designated in 1959 as a route between Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Construction in the urban areas of Corpus Christi and San Antonio began in the 1960s...

Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. 1975 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. 1984 - The Competitive Enterprise...

on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. At the time of the construction, it was the most expensive building in the world at more than A$1.1 billion...

photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist was born in Chatham 1987 - Construction on the Channel Tunnel service tunnel began from both the English and...

...that Léonce Verny was a French naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start...

painting shows the final touches being applied to a steam locomotive under construction as the shop foreman goes over some details with the workers while work...

is more important to regional transportation than its size and rustic construction would suggest. Amtrak Empire Service trains that stop here in season...

Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia. 1909 – The final spike is driven in the construction of the Virginian Railway at Glen Lyn, Virginia. 2000 – The Termini Station...

River Canyon, was constructed using an access road laid out by the Utah Construction Company when it built the Western Pacific Railroad in the canyon? Wikipedia:Recent...

trains, the collapse of the cable contractor while the railway was under construction forced a change to electric traction, an experimental technology at the...

would have been among the world's longest at the time of its planning. Construction began in 1923, and the tunnel was excavated 150 feet (46 m) into the...

financier who helped build the Panama Railway, dies (b. 1807). 1878 – Construction on The Ghan route (map shown) south of Port Augusta, Australia, begins...

about £15 million (now around £1.7 billion). This painting shows the construction of Eastham Dock. Credit: Benjamin Williams Leader (1891) Suggest • Archive...

was criticized because it destroyed a historic outhouse? ... that the construction of the John T. Loughran Bridge in Kingston, New York, led to the creation...

receivership in November 1870. Its innovative method of construction provided the template for the construction in 1890 of the City & South London Railway, the...

connection between the Atlantic City Expressway and the Brigantine area. Construction of the road was completed in 2001 at a total cost of $330 million (equivalent...

Justice of the United States. 1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1846 – The first...

going to serve as the lead designers, engineers, and inspectors for the construction of the dam (led by Geoffrey Binnie). The project was undertaken by a...

politician who authored the first Pacific Railroad Act, authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, dies (b. 1827) 1900 – Charles...

Bridge, near Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, photographed shortly after its construction in 1882. At the time it was built, the Kinzua Bridge was the highest...

Jackson was abandoned. The lumber used in its construction was promptly salvaged for firewood and construction materials and, due to its proximity to the...

April 12 1831 – The Allegheny Portage Railroad in Pennsylvania begins construction on the Staple Bend Tunnel (pictured), the first railroad tunnel in the...

aftermath of a boiler explosion c. 1850. Locomotive boilers are of a construction with a very small, historically hand-fed furnace (more modern locomotives...

May 18 1874 – Construction begins on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad in Colorado. 1937 – All heavyweight wood passenger cars used on the Super...

ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). 1883 – Construction on the Canadian Pacific Railway reaches Calgary, Alberta. 1990 – The...

Theodore Judah (pictured), American engineer who argued the case for construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, dies (b. 1826). 1984 – The Iowa...

1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting with the MTR. In 1967, construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study. The Hong...

passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. 1806 – Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland...

The Manhattan Bridge, under construction in 1909, nine months before its opening on December 31, 1909. This suspension bridge crosses the East River, connecting...

Nevertheless, a large amount of science, expertise in space station construction and knowledge in working in a cooperative space venture was gained from...

bronze. The handles are the oldest work of art in Hamburg, dated to the construction of the tower in 1342. It survived among others the French occupation...

Theodore Judah (pictured), American engineer who argued the case for construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, is born (d. 1863). 1826 – Gridley...

000 scientists and engineers at 151 institutions in 34 countries. The construction is scheduled to be completed in 2007. The experiment is expected to measure...

reaches Larned. 1888 – Santa Fe Railroad subsidiary companies complete construction of the final link in what has come to be known as the Surf Line connecting...

repealed the requirement that municipalities bear all costs of radial construction? ...that until 2006, Huesca railway station was the only station in Spain...

Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad. 1990 – Construction crews on the Channel Tunnel from both England and France break through...

Week 5 January 31 - February 6 This image has been deleted. Railway construction workers pause for a photograph in Afghanistan in May 2010. This new railway...

drove in the first survey peg to mark the commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. 1961 – Pianist and composer Percy Grainger dies aged 78...

was designed and built by Philco. Philco, at the time of this radio's construction, was the leading manufacturer of radios. Photo Credit: User:Gmaxwell...

begins operations between Frankfort, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. 1889 – Construction is completed on the Frankfort and South Eatern Railroad 3 ft (914 mm)...

built since there are no records of it until 14 years after its likely construction date? ... that the four rooms on the first floor of Hiddenhurst outside...

1788 – HMS Supply of the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay. 1878 – Construction of The Ghan railway line starts in Port Augusta, South Australia. 1934...

of Chillicothe, Missouri. 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). 1952 – The ocean liner...