Engineering disasters: over 40 of history's biggest engineering catastrophes

Throughout history some of mankind's proudest moments have come at the hands of itsengineers. In the ancient world the Colossus at Rhodes, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China and modern triumphs like the Hoover Dam, the Space Shuttle and the Golden Gate Bridge, all have the power to awe us and make us feel proud to be human.

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Subject(s)Engineering
Age11-14, 14-16
Published2008
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Shelf reference620 ENG
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8g96

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