Engineering Innovations
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Universal Oil Products (UOP) at Riverside Laboratory McCook, IL |
This research and development complex was established by the founders of Universal Oil Products (later named UOP) to develop key products for the oil-refining industry. The… |
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Universal Soil Loss Equation West Lafayette, IN |
The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was developed at the USDA National Runoff and Soil Loss Data Center at Purdue University in a national effort led by Walter H. Wischmeier… |
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USS Albacore Portsmouth, NH |
The USS Albacore (AGSS-569) represented a radical change in submarine design. The hull was designed with underwater speed as the prime requirement, and it was built with… |
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USS Cairo Engine and Boilers Vicksburg, MS |
The Cairo is the sole survivor of the fleet of river gunboats built by the Union during the Civil War with the object of controlling the lower Mississippi River. Designed by… |
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USS Olympia, Vertical Reciprocating Steam Engines , |
The U.S.S. Olympia is one of the two surviving ships of the era of the vertical reciprocating steam engine. The Cruiser Olympia, launched in 1892, was one of the first naval ships… |
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USS Texas' Reciprocating Steam Engines , |
The U.S.S. Texas is the last surviving warship of its kind--powered by reciprocating steam engines. It was built during a period in which naval authorities were switching to the… |
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Utica Memorial Auditorium Utica, NY |
The roof system of this building, designed by Lev Zetlin and opened in 1960, was the first of its kind in the world. Before the mid-1950's, the use of long-span cable structures… |
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Vancouver's Mapping of the West Coast of North America N/A, |
The voyage of Captain George Vancouver, 1791 -1795, was commissioned by the British Admiralty to map in detail the west coast of North America from Mexico to Alaska and to meet… |
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Vandenberg Air Force Base Lompoc, CA |
Vandenberg Air Force Base was the nation’s first space and ballistic missile operational and training base. Beginning with its first launch, a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic… |
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Vegetated Waterways Stillwater, OK |
Design Concepts For Vegetated Waterways - Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering Rainfall runoff causes severe gully erosion on unprotected lands and has ruined thousands… |
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Viaducto del Malleco Araucaní, Malleco |
The bridge is 408 meters long and weighed approximately 1,500 metric tons when built. Originally supported by four columns, two more were added in later years to support the… |
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Victoria Dutch Windmill Victoria, TX |
This is an old technology brought here by new immigrants. It represents the beginning of modern life in a hard wilderness. This wind-powered gristmill was built in 1870 by Fred… |
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Victoria Falls Bridge , |
The Victoria Falls Bridge, completed in 1905, is a 152-meter span, steel-lattice, two-hinged arch bridge with a deck level 122 m above the Zambezi River. Conceived by Cecil Rhodes… |
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Voyager Spacecraft Interplanetary Explorers Flintridge, CA |
The Voyager explorers, which provided scientists and the world with the first detailed pictures of faraway planets, were designed and tested during 1972 to 1977. The two most… |
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Vulcan Street Plant Appleton, WI |
The plant began operation only twenty-six days after Thomas Edison's first steam plant began operating on Pearl Street in New York (NL 46). On September 30, 1882, an Edison "K"… |
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Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge Stockton Springs, ME |
Designed by David B. Steinman, of Robinson & Steinman, New York City, the Waldo-Hancock suspension Bridge is a significant example of Steinman's work. David Steinman is… |
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Walnut Street Bridge Harrisburd, PA |
The structure has two segments: an East Channel bridge consisting of four 175-foot spans and three 240-foot spans crossing from Harrisburg to City Island; and a West Channel… |
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Ward House Rye, NY |
It is a large, imposing structure (over a dozen rooms and spacious halls) dominated by a four-story octagonal tower at one corner and a second shorter square tower at another… |
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Washington Monument Washington, DC |
Upon its dedication in 1885, the Washington Monument was the tallest structure in the world. Begun in 1848 to honor George Washington, the structure wasn't completed for over 36… |
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Waterford (Union) Bridge (Replaced in 1909) Troy, NY |
The Union Bridge was built in 1804 by Theodore Burr and was the first to cross the lower section of the Hudson River connecting Waterford and Lansingburg, New York. The wooden… |
