Engineering Innovations
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Theodore Roosevelt Dam & Salt River Project Tonto National Forest, AZ |
The first electric power generated by the Theodore Roosevelt Dam for commercial use was transmitted over a high-voltage line to Phoenix, where it was employed to operate the city'… |
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Thermo King© C Refrigeration Unit Minneapolis, MN |
The refrigeration units placed on trucks in 1938 by Thermo King Corp. revolutionized the transportation of perishable foods. Today they are a common sight on streets everywhere.… |
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Thomas Viaduct Railroad Bridge Arbutus, MD |
Opened in 1835, the Thomas Viaduct was the first multiple-arch, stone railroad viaduct in the United States. The viaduct is composed of eight arches each with a clear span of… |
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Thrust SSC Supersonic Car Coventry, |
First Land Vehicle to Exceed the Speed of Sound; averaged 763.04 mph (1227.99 km/h), Mach 1.02 Powered by two Rolls-Royce MK 202 Spey Turbofan engines which produced over… |
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Tidbinbilla Tracking Station Paddys River, ACT |
Established 1965 the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station, as well as the Honeysuckle Creek (1967-1981) and Orroral Valley (1965-1985) sites, supported NASA’s Deep Space Network, Manned… |
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Tipon Tipon, |
Tipon is a self-contained, walled settlement that served as an estate for Inca nobility. Located 13 miles down the Huatanay River Valley by the Inca capital of Cusco, the 500-acre… |
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Titan Crane Clydebank, |
The Titan is a 200-ton electrically driven hammerhead cantilever crane, the earliest survivor of this type. It is now all that remains of the once great John Brown Shipyard in… |
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Tokaido Shinkansen , Tokyo-to |
In 1964, Shinkansen (which means "new trunk line" and is also known as the bullet train) between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka became the world's first high-speed railway system, running… |
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Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) Nagoya, Ch?bu region |
The Tokaido Shinkansen, the world's first inter-city, high-speed railway system, began operations on its route of over 500 kilometers between Tokyo and Osaka more than thirty… |
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Tower Silo Spring Grove, IL |
First Tower Silo Designated A Historic Landmark Of Agricultural Engineering. The First Tower Silo In America Was Erected Near This Site On The Hatch Farm, One Half-Mile East… |
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Transistor Murray Hill, NJ |
From 17 November to 23 December 1947, Walter H. Brattain and John A. Bardeen -- under the direction of William B. Shockley -- discovered the principle of the transistor and… |
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Travel Air Airplane Manufacturing Company in Wichita Wichita, KS |
The Travel Air Airplane Manufacturing Company served as the incubator in which Wichita Kansas’ present-day status as the world’s “Air Capital” first developed. The firm was among… |
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Triborough Bridge Project New York, NY |
The Triborough Bridge Project is a three-branched waterway crossing that connects Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens at a junction of the East River and the Harlem River in New York… |
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Tunkhannock Viaduct Nicholson, PA |
This majestic viaduct was built during the golden age of railroading. It was at the western end of a major readjustment in grade and alignment of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, and… |
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Turbinia Newcastle upon Tyne, |
The Turbinia was the world's first turbine-driven ship. It attracted worldwide attention at the 1897 Spithead Naval Review by traveling more than 34 knots. This remarkable… |
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U.S. Capitol Washington, DC |
The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation. Construction of the original Capitol began in 1793, but… |
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UC-Blackwelder Tomato Harvester Davis, CA |
In 1942, University of California, Davis (UCD) biologist, Jack Hanna recognized the need for breeding tomato varieties that ripen uniformly and withstand the rigors of mechanical… |
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Union Canal Tunnel Lebanon, PA |
According to oral history, George Washington visited the canal diggings in 1792, and then again in 1794, while he was accompanying troops to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in… |
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Union Station St. Louis, MS |
In the early 1900s, Union Station was the hub of passenger railroad traffic in the central United States. It was one of the first stations to serve as a centralized terminal for… |
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United States Military Academy West Point, NY |
In 1794, Congress authorized and President Thomas Jefferson signed into law the raising of a Corps of Artillerists and Engineers (now the United States Army Corps of Engineers) to… |
