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Civil engineering Smeaton's Tower, a red and white striped lighthouse, stands on a grassy area overlooking the water at Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, England. Bridge to the mainland Lobito California Aqueduct Large concrete dam under construction with cranes, scaffolding, and construction materials, part of the Yamba dam project in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Tsuruga Trans-Alaska Pipeline Side-by-side diagrams compare the trench and area methods of constructing a sanitary landfill, showing waste collection trucks and bulldozers layering compacted solid waste with daily and final earth covers on original ground, with labeled parts but without liners or leachate systems. Rows of solar panels and tall wind turbines generating renewable energy on a snow covered plateau in Golmud, China.
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Barge in a lock on the Grand Canal d'Alsace at Marckolsheim, Alsace, France.
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Eddystone Lighthouse
John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, England.
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Bridge to the mainland
The Krk Bridge in Croatia connects Krk island to the country's mainland.
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Lobito
The port city of Lobito is located on Angola's Atlantic coast.
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California Aqueduct
Aerial view of a section of the California Aqueduct.
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Dam construction
Construction of the Yamba Dam in Japan.
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Tsuruga
Nuclear power plant, Ikata, Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, Japan.
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Completed in 1977, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline transports oil more than 800 miles (1,300...
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Sanitary landfill
Two methods of constructing a sanitary landfill. (The top and bottom liners and the...
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Renewable energy
Solar panels and a wind power farm in Golmud, China.
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