Tag: Civil Engineering Almanac

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Civil Engineering Almanac – Avery Brundage: Civil engineer of olympic stature

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the day civil engineer Avery Brundage begins his term on the IOC.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Ellis S. Chesbrough is born

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the birth of noted engineer Ellis Chesbrough.

Civil Engineering Almanac – The Lincoln Highway Association is established

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the establishing of the Lincoln Highway Association.

Civil Engineering Almanac – The 1969 Cuyahoga River fire

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the day the Cuyahoga River most famously caught fire.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Sylvanus Thayer, ‘Father of West Point,’ is born

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the birth of Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Original Tay Bridge opens

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the opening of the first railroad bridge over the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Wormit, Scotland.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Panama Canal Culebra Cut milestone

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the Panama Canal's milestone moment: the Culebra Cut.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Seattle World’s Fair opens

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the day when Seattle's World Fair opened.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opens

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the day when the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened.

Civil Engineering Almanac – Lewis B. Combs, co-founder of the Seabees, is born

Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the week when Lewis B. Combs, co-founder of the Seabees, was born.