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7 Engineered Wonders

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7 ENGINEERING WONDERS

By: T&L Vacations
Photo by Claudio.Ar
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CHANNEL TUNNEL

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LOCATION

  • Continent: Europe
  • It starts in Strait of Dover, United Kingdom and it ends in Pas-De-Calais, France
Photo by Nik Morris (van Leiden)
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FACTS

  • Lowest point is 250ft deep
  • 31.35 miles long
  • Started building Dec. 1, 1987
  • Finished building May 6, 1994
  • Built and ran by Eurostar
  • Top speed 99mph
  • Built for transportation/easier way to travel
  • It has the biggest underwater portion of any tunnel in the world
Photo by tj.blackwell
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CN Tower

Photo by Canadian Pacific
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LOCATION

  • Continent: North America
  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
Photo by ruffin_ready
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FACTS

  • It's the 3rd tallest building in the world standing at 1,815.4ft high
  • It's used for communication, observation, and has a restaurant
  • Started Feb. 6, 1973
  • Finished Jun. 26, 1976
  • Built by and named after Canadian National, a railway company
  • It is considered Canada's national building
Photo by PebblePicJay
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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Photo by MD111
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LOCATION

  • Continent: North America
  • Country: U.S.A
  • State: New York
  • City: New York
Photo by bobosh_t
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FACTS

  • Started Jan. 22, 1930
  • Finished May 1, 1931
  • Tallest building in the world 1931-1967
  • First building with 100+ stories
  • 1454ft high
  • Name from New York's nickname the Empire State
  • Use: office building
  • Owned by State Empire Realty Trust
Photo by joiseyshowaa
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

Photo by Yang and Yun's Album
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LOCATION

  • Continent: North America
  • Country: U.S.A
  • State: California
  • City: San Fransisco
Photo by 12thSonOfLama
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FACTS

  • Started Jan. 5, 1933
  • Finished May 27, 1937
  • Longest suspension bridge 1937-1964
  • 1.7 miles long, 90ft long, 746ft high
  • Built by Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charls Ellis
  • Daily traffic 100,000
  • Built to get cars across San Fransisco bay
Photo by David Paul Ohmer
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ITAIPU DAM

Photo by Daniel Hardman
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LOCATION

  • Continent: South America
  • Country: Brazil
  • City: State of Parana
Photo by Nico Kaiser
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FACTS

  • Started Jan. 1970
  • Finished May 5, 1984
  • Second largest hydraulic system in the world in terms of annual energy generation
  • Makes 98.6 TWh
  • 75% of Paraguay's energy 10 generators at 50 Hz
  • 17% of Brazil's energy 10 generators at 60 Hz
  • Made by Itaipu Binacional
Photo by Deni Williams
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ZUIDERZEE WORKS

Photo by harry_nl
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LOCATION

  • Continent: Europe
  • Country: Netherlands
  • City/Lake: IJsselmeer
Photo by spag85
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FACTS

  • Started 1920
  • Finished May 10, 1997
  • The largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands in the twentieth centry
  • Afsluitdijk (one part also known as closer dike is 32km wide)
  • Afsluitdijk separates IJsselmeer and the wadden sea
  • Afsluitdijk protects thousand of miles^2 of land
  • Made by Delta Works
  • It is a man-made land strip with a road on it that goes over a bay
Photo by spag85
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PANAMA CANAL

Photo by javier.losa
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LOCATION

  • Continent: North/Central Amarica
  • Country: Panama
  • City: Gamboa
Photo by -Chupacabras-
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FACTS

  • Started Jan. 1, 1880
  • Finished Jan. 7, 1914
  • It was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever made
  • It is 48 miles long
  • Navigated by Panama Canal Authority
  • It takes 6-8 hours to go through
  • Per year 815,000 ships go through the canal
  • Date of first use Aug. 15, 1914
Photo by kishrieves
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