All items in the database
Airfields/Hangars/Aeronautics
Amusement Structures
Eiffel Tower,
Avenue Gustave Eiffel, Champ de Mars, Paris, France ...
28th January 1887 - 31st March 1889
Margate Scenic Railway,
Dreamland, Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent, UK ...
1919 - 3rd July 1920, 15th September 2014 - October 2015
Aqueducts
Luggie Aqueduct,
Forth & Clyde Canal, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland ...
1772 - 1773
Berriew Aqueduct,
Montgomery Canal, Berriew, Powys, Wales, UK ...
23rd August 1794 - 1796, opened 1797, 1889
Vyrnwy Canal Aqueduct,
Montgomery Canal, Llanymynech, Powys, Wales, UK ...
March 1794 - 1796, opened 1797, 1823, 1892
Pont y Cafnau,
River Taff, near Cyfarthfa ironworks site, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales UK ...
January 1793 - circa 1796
Lune Aqueduct,
River Lune, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK ...
January 1794 - 1796, opened 22nd November 1797
Marple Aqueduct,
River Goyt, Marple, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK ...
May 1794 - 1800
Chirk Aqueduct,
River Ceiriog, south west of Chirk, Wrexham/Shropshire border, UK ...
17th June 1796 - 1801
Beam Aqueduct,
Beam House, Great Torrington, Devon, UK ...
11 August 1824 - February 1827
Loch Katrine and aqueducts,
Loch Katrine, Stirling, Scotland, UK ...
1855 - 14th October 1859, 1885 - 1901, 1909 - 1914, 1919 - 1929
Vyrnwy Aqueduct (1892),
Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, Wales ... to Prescott, Liverpool, UK ...
July 1881 - May 1891, opened 14th July 1892, 1902 - 1905, 1926 - 1938
Thirlmere Aqueduct,
Straining Well, Lake Thirlmere, Cumbria to Prestwich Reservoir, Manchester ...
1890 - 12th October 1894
Haweswater Aqueduct,
starting at the southern end of Haweswater Reservoir, Cumbria ...
1934 - 1941, 1948 - 1955, 1971 - 1972, 1976
Aviaries/Enclosures
Birthplaces of Engineers
Boat Lift
Falkirk Wheel,
jcn Forth & Clyde Canal and Union Canal, Falkirk, Scotland, UK ...
2000 - 13th May 2002
Breakwaters
Banjo Pier,
River Looe, East Looe, Cornwall ...
1897
Bridges
Zhaozhou Bridge,
Xiaohe River, Zhao county, Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, People’s Republic of China ...
circa 595 - 605
Wycoller Clapper Bridges,
Wycoller Beck, Wycoller, Lancashire, UK ...
not known, possibly one Anglo Saxon and the other Victorian
High Bridge, Lincoln,
River Witham, Lincoln, UK ...
circa 1160, circa 1235, 1540 - 1550, 1762 - 1763
Monnow Bridge,
River Monnow, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK ...
1272
Brig o'Balgownie,
River Don, Balgownie Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK ...
circa 1320
Eadsford Bridge,
River Ribble, west of Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK ...
original possibly 1339
Yeolm Bridge,
River Ottery, Yeolmbridge, near Launceston, Cornwal ...
circa 1350
Whalley Bridge,
River Calder, Whalley, Lancashire, UK ...
original possibly 14th century
Paythorne Bridge,
River Ribble, Paythorne, Lancashire, UK ...
original possibly 14th century
Wakerley Bridge,
River Welland, Wakerley, Northamptonshire ...
14th century
Respryn Bridge,
River Fowey, south west of Bodmin, Cornwall ...
15th century
Eamont Bridge,
River Eamont, Penrith, Cumbria, UK ...
possibly 1425, possibly 16th century
Twizel Bridge,
Twizel, near Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, UK ...
circa 1500
Bideford Long Bridge,
River Torridge, Bideford, Devon, UK ...
1460 - 1500, 1792 - 1810, 1864 - 1866, 1925, 1968
Lanercost Old Bridge,
River Irthing, Lanercost Priory, 3km northeast of Brampton, Cumbria, UK ...
1543
Straight Bridge,
River Rawthey, A683, east of Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK ...
possibly 16th century
Newby Bridge,
River Leven, Newby Bridge, Cumbria ...
circa 1577
Crook of Lune Bridge,
River Lune, Beck Foot, northwest of Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK ...
possibly 16th century
Loyn Bridge,
River Lune, north of Hornby, Lancashire, UK ...
after 1591
Rawthey Bridge,
River Rawthey, A683, northeast of Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK ...
after 1614
Berwick Bridge,
River Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, UK ...
1611 - 1624, completed 1634
Middleton Bridge,
River Rawthey, 4km southwest of Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK ...
possibly 1670
Lincoln's Inn Bridge,
River Lune, west of Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK ...
not known, possibly 17th century
Nether Bridge,
River Kent, Kendal, Cumbria, UK ...
17th century, 1772, 1908
Llangynidr Bridge,
River Usk, Forge Road, Llangynidr, Powys, Wales, UK ...
circa 1700
Causey Arch,
Causey Burn, Causey, north of Stanley, County Durham, UK ...
1725 - 1726, 1978 - 1981, 1988
Perth Bridge,
River Tay, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK ...
1766 - October 1771, 1869
Banff Bridge,
Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ...
1772 - 1779
Langholm Bridge,
River Esk, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, UK ...
1775 - 1778, 1880, 1995 - 1996
Iron Bridge,
River Severn, Ironbridge, Shropshire ...
November 1777 - December 1780, opened 1 January 1781
Cenarth Bridge,
River Teifi, Cenarth, Camarthenshire, Wales, UK ...
1785 - 1787
Newton Bridge,
River Hodder, Newton, Lancashire, UK ...
late 18th century
Dunsop Bridge,
River Dunsop, Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire, UK ...
late 18th century
Sawley Bridge,
River Ribble, Sawley, Lancashire, UK ...
possibly late 18th century
Posset Bridge,
Peak Forest Canal, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1802 - 1803
Kelso Bridge,
River Tweed, Kelso, Borders, Scotland, UK ...
1801 - 1804
Tongland Bridge,
River Dee, Tongland, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK ...
March 1805 - November 1806, opened 21st May 1808
Dunkeld Bridge,
River Tay, Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK ...
1804/5 - 7th November 1808, opened 29th March 1809
Tickford Bridge,
River Ouzel, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK ...
1808 - September 1810
Pont y Gwaith,
River Taff, north-west of Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK ...
1811
Bonar Bridge,
Kyle of Sutherland, Bonar Bridge, Highland, Scotland, UK ...
Sept 1811 - Nov 1812, 1892 - 6th July 1893, 1972 - 14th Dec 1973
Brungerley Bridge,
River Ribble, Brungerley, Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK ...
after 1814
Cowley Bridge,
River Creedy, Cowley, Devon, UK ...
26th June - 5th October 1814
Chepstow Bridge,
River Wye, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, UK ...
14th August 1815 - 24th July 1816
Llantysilio Chain Bridge,
River Dee, Llantysilio, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK ...
1817 - 1818 (chains), c.1876, 1928 - 1929 (current bridge)
Miller Bridge,
River Kent, Kendal, Cumbria, UK ...
May 1818 - November 1818
Union Bridge,
River Tweed, just north of Horncliffe, Northumberland, UK ...
2nd August 1819 - 26th July 1820
Cartland Crags Bridge,
Mouse Water, Cartland Crags, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK ...
1821 - summer 1822
Musgrave Bridge,
River Eden, B6259, southwest of Great Musgrave, Cumbria, UK ...
1825
Skerne Bridge,
River Skerne, Darlington, County Durham, UK ...
1824 - 1825, opened 27th September 1825
Menai Suspension Bridge,
Menai Strait, Gwynedd, north Wales, UK ...
1818 - 30th January 1826, 1839, 1893, 1938 - August 1941
Mythe Bridge,
River Severn, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire ...
1824 - 12th May 1826
Tramway Bridge,
River Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK ...
1823 - 5th September 1826
Kingston Bridge, London,
River Thames, Kingston upon Thames, London, UK ...
7th November 1825 - 17th July 1828, 1912 - 1914
Over Bridge,
River Severn, west of Gloucester, UK ...
July 1826 - 1828
Galton Bridge,
Birmingham Canal, Smethwick, West Midlands, UK ...
1827 - 1829
Glan Rhyd Bridge,
Ogmore River, Pen y Fai, north of Bridgend, Wales, UK ...
1829
Morpeth Bridge,
River Wansbeck, Morpeth, Northumberland, UK ...
1829 - 1831
Lothian Bridge,
Tyne Water, Pathhead, Midlothian, Scotland, UK ...
1827 - 1831
Glenesk Bridge,
River North Esk, Eskbank, Midlothian, Scotland, UK ...
1829 - 1831
Whorlton Bridge,
River Tees, Whorlton, County Durham ...
19th August 1830 - July 1831
Marlow Bridge,
River Thames, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK ...
1829 - 1832, opened 23rd September 1832
Glasgow Bridge,
River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK ...
1833 - 1st January 1836, 1894 - 1899
Allanton Bridge,
River Whiteadder, Allanton, Scottish Borders, UK ...
4th August 1840 - 27th March 1842
Royal Border Bridge,
River Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, UK ...
July 1845 - 29th August 1850
Barnes Rail Bridge,
River Thames, Barnes, London, UK ...
1846 - 22nd August 1849, 1891 - 6th June 1895
Llandeilo Bridge,
Afon Tywi, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK ...
1843 - 1848
Chappel Viaduct,
River Colne, Wakes Colne, Essex, UK ...
July 1847 - 1849, opened 2nd July 1849
Brunel Swing Bridge,
Cumberland Basin, Bristol Docks, Hotwells, Bristol, UK ...
1849, operational 29th October 1849, certified February 1850
Bridge of Oich,
River Oich, near Aberchalder, Scottish Highlands, UK ...
circa 1850, 1995 - 1997
Clough Heads Bridge,
Clough Heads Brook, near Bleasdale, Lancashire, UK ...
17th August 1858 - 1859
Albert Edward Bridge,
River Severn, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, UK ...
1863 - 1864, opened 1st November 1864
Clifton Suspension Bridge,
River Avon, Clifton Gorge, Bristol, UK ...
1831, 1836 - 1843, 1860 - 1864, opened 8th December 1864
Holborn Viaduct,
Farringdon Street, London EC1, UK ...
3rd June 1867 - 6th November 1869
Goole Swing Bridge,
River Ouse, Skelton, near Goole, Yorkshire, UK ...
opened 1869. 2009 - 2011
Kew Railway Bridge,
River Thames, Strand on the Green, London, UK ...
1864 - 1868, opened 1st January 1869
Albert Bridge,
River Thames, Chelsea, London ...
1870 - 3rd December 1873
Underley Hall Bridge,
River Lune, Underley Estate, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, UK ...
1872 - 1875
Grindleton Bridge,
River Ribble, East View, Grindleton, Lancashire, UK ...
original 19th century, 1934 - 1935
Forth Rail Bridge,
Firth of Forth at Queensferry, Edinburgh, UK ...
1882 - 21st January 1890
Brooklyn Bridge,
East River, Brooklyn to Manhattan, New York City, USA ...
1869 - April 1883, opened 24th May 1883
Tower Bridge,
River Thames, beside the Tower of London ...
April 1886 - 30th June 1894
Putney Bridge,
River Thames, Fulham to Putney, London, UK ...
15th April 1882 - 29th May 1886, 1909, 1931 - 1934
Tay Rail Bridge,
Firth of Tay, Dundee to Fife, Scotland, UK ...
June 1882 - 20th June 1887
Bradford Bridge,
River Ribble, West Bradford, Lancashire, UK ...
c1888 - 1891
Barton Swing Bridge,
Barton Road, Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1893 - 1st January 1894
North Bridge,
North Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK ...
1894 - 15th September 1897
Zuoz Bridge,
Inn River, Zuoz, Graubunden canton, Switzerland ...
1900 - 1901
Dalginross Bridge,
River Earn, Dalginross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK ...
1904 - 1905
Berw Road Bridge,
River Taff, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK ...
1907 - 6th April 1909
Greyhound Bridge,
River Lune, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK ...
1849 (dem), 1862 - 1864 (dem), 1910 - 28th October 1911, 1971 - 1972
Keadby Bridge,
River Trent, west of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, UK ...
1916
Reading Bridge,
River Thames, George Street, Reading, UK ...
January 1922 - September 1923, opened 3rd October 1923
Tyne Bridge,
Newcastle upon Tyne ...
July 1925 - 1929 (opened 10th October 1928)
Lorraine Bridge,
River Aare, Berne, Berne canton, Switzerland ...
February 1928 - 17th May 1930
Salginatobel Bridge,
Salginabach, Crausch, above Schiers, Graubunden canton, Switzerland ...
June 1929 - August 1930, 1973 - 1976, 1997 - 1998
Rossgraben Bridge,
Schwarzwasser, Rossgraben (road), Spilmannswald, canton of Berne, Switzerland ...
August - October 1932, opened 19th November 1932
Schwandbach Bridge,
Schwandbach, east of Spilmannswald, Berne canton, Switzerland ...
August - November 1933, opened 29th November 1933
Kincardine Bridge,
River Forth, Fife and Stirling, Scotland, UK ...
December 1933 - October 1936
Golden Gate Bridge,
Golden Gate Strait, San Francisco Bay, California, USA ...
5th January 1933 - 19th April 1937, opened 27th May 1937
Arve Bridge, Vessy,
Route de Vessy, Vessy, Geneva, Switzerland ...
4th May 1936 - July 1937
Waterloo Bridge (1945),
River Thames, Waterloo, London, UK ...
October 1837 - November 1944, in use Nov 1942, formal opening Dec 1945
Rhinefield Bridge,
Rhinefield Ornamental Drive, Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, UK ...
1949 - 1950
Bernera Bridge,
Lewis to Great Bernera, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK ...
opened 22nd July 1953
Forth Road Bridge,
Firth of Forth, Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland ...
September 1958 - 4th September 1964
Gladesville Bridge,
Parramatta River, Gladesville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ...
1959 - 1964, opened 2nd October 1964
Trent River Crossing,
Sawley, between M1 Junctions 24a and 25, south west of Nottingham, UK ...
April 1964 - May 1966
Tay Road Bridge,
Firth of Tay, Dundee to Fife, Scotland, UK ...
March 1963 - August 1966
Severn Road Bridge,
River Severn, north west of Bristol, UK ...
March 1961 - 8th September 1966
Wye Bridge and Viaduct,
Rvers Severn and Wye, Beachley, Gloucestershire, UK ...
July 1963 - 8th September 1966, 1985 - 1991
Calder Bridge,
River Calder, M1 north of Junction 39, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1966 - October 1968
Kingston Bridge, Glasgow,
River Clyde, Anderston to Kingston, Glasgow, UK ...
1967 - 1970, opened 26th June 1970, 1996 -2001
Erskine Bridge,
River Clyde, Erskine, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK ...
April 1967 - 2nd July 1971
London Bridge (1972),
River Thames, City of London, UK ...
November 1967 - 1972, opened 16th March 1973
Britannia Bridge (1974),
Menai Strait, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK ...
1970 - 1974 (stone piers 1850), October 1977 - 11th July 1980
Humber Bridge,
Kingston upon Hull, , Humberside, UK ...
March 1973 - 24th June 1981
Great Belt Crossing,
Storebćlt, E20 motorway and rail link, Funen to Zealand, Denmark ...
28th November 1988 - 14th June 1998
Queensferry Crossing,
Firth of Forth, Queensferry, Scotland, UK ...
September 2011 - August 2017, opened 4th September 2017
Buildings
Glass Cone,
Lemington, Tyne and Wear ...
not known
British Museum,
Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, UK ...
1823, 1826, 1847, 1854 - 1857, 1998 - 2000
Old Main Goods Warehouse,
Liverpool Road Station, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, UK ...
May 1830 - 15th September 1830
Edge Hill Station,
Tunnel Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool, UK ...
1826 - 15th September 1830, October 1833 - August 1836
Brighton Station,
Brighton, East Sussex, UK ...
October 1840 - September 1841, 1882 - 1883
Stalybridge Station,
Rassbottom Street, Stalybridge, Tameside, Manchester, UK ...
23rd December 1845
Carlisle Citadel Station,
Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK ...
1846 - 1848, opened 10th September 1847, 1873 - 1876, 1878 - 1881
Victoria Tower,
Salisbury Dock river entrance, Port of Liverpool, Merseyside ...
1844 - 4th August 1848
Frome Station roof,
Station Approach, off Walbridge, Frome, Somerset, UK ...
opened 7th October 1850
King's Cross Station,
Euston Road, King's Cross, London, UK ...
1851 - 14th October 1852, 2008 - September 2013
Leeds Corn Exchange,
Duncan Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK ...
7th May 1881 - 1864, opened 28th July 1863
Keswick Station,
off Brundholme Road, Keswick, Cumbria, UK ...
1863 - January 1865
Felsted School,
Braintree Road, Felsted, Great Dunmow, Essex, UK ...
(16th century, 1800 -1802) 1860 - 1867, 1988 - 1989, 2008
Eastney Pumping Station,
Henderson Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK ...
1865 - 1868, 1886 - 1887, opened 9th May 1887, 1904
Preston Market Hall,
Lancaster Road and Market Street, Preston, Lancashire, UK ...
16th February 1870 - 1875
York Station,
Station Road, York, UK ...
1874 - 25th June 1877
Air & Space Hall,
Museum of Science & Industry, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, UK ...
1877 - 1878
Sway Tower,
Sway, Lymington, Hampshire, UK ...
1879
Blackpool Tower,
The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK ...
29th September 1891 - 14th May 1894
Queen Street Mill,
Queen Street, Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire ...
1894 - 1895, 1901
Prestatyn Station,
Bridge Road, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK ...
26th August 1895 - 28th February 1897, 1901, 1979, 2011
Tulketh Mill,
Balcarres Road, Ashton, Preston, Lancashire, UK ...
1905
Victoria Baths,
Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, UK ...
1903 - 1906
Spanish City,
Promenade, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, UK ...
1909 - May 1910
Chrysler Building,
405 Lexington Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York, USA ...
1928 - 27th May 1930 (official opening) or 19th February 1932
Labworth Cafe,
Eastern Esplanade, Canvey Island, Essex, UK ...
1932 - 1933
Highpoint I,
North Road, Highgate, London N6, UK ...
1934 - 1935
Dudley Zoo,
The Broadway, Dudley, West Midlands, UK ...
1935 - 18th May 1937
Highpoint II,
North Road, Highgate, London N6, UK ...
1937 - 1938
Stockwell Bus Garage,
Lansdowne Way, Stockwell, London SW8, UK ...
June 1950 - 1953, opened 2nd April 1952
Bracken House,
1 Friday Street, London, UK ...
1955 - 1959, 1988 - March 1992
Telecom Tower, London,
60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, UK ...
July 1961 - opened 8th October 1965
Centre Point,
101-103 New Oxford Street, London WC1, UK ...
1963 - 1966
Fleetguard Factory,
Route de Rosporden, Kergonan, Quimper, Brittany, France ...
1979 - October 1981
One Canada Square,
Canary Wharf, Docklands, London, UK ...
January 1985 - November 1990
Ron Arad ,
Kentish Town, London ...
1991
Millennium Dome,
Greenwich Peninsula, London, UK ...
23rd June 1997 - 22 June 1998, official opening 31st December 1999
Beetham Tower,
301 Deansgate, Manchester, UK ...
February 2004 - 26th April 2006
Heathrow Terminal 5,
Heathrow Airport, Harmondsworth, London, UK ...
2002 - 2011, T5A/T5B opened March 2008, T5C opened June 2011
Burj Khalifa,
1 Emaar Boulevard, Dubai, United Arab Emirates ...
January 2004 - 4th January 2010
The Crystal,
Siemens Brothers Way, west of Royal Victoria Dock, Docklands, London, UK ...
2010 - 29th September 2012
The Shard,
London Bridge Street, Southwark, London, UK ...
March 2009 - November 2012
Canal/Navigation works
Stamford Canal,
from Deeping St James to Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK ...
circa 1663 - 1670
Aire & Calder Navigation,
Rivers Aire and Calder, Goole to Leeds, Yorkshire, UK ...
1704-06, 1721, 1775-79, 1818-20, 1821, 1824, 1834-
Clyde Navigation,
Broomielaw, Glasgow to Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK ...
1758 - 1936
Calder & Hebble Navigation,
Rivers Calder and Hebble, Wakefield to Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1760 - Sept 1770, 1772 - 1774, 1776, 1783, 1828
River Lee Navigation,
River Lee (Lea), Hertford to London at Greenwich ...
1767 - 1771, 1779, 1782 and onwards
Bridgewater Canal,
Worsley Basin to Castlefield Basin in Manchester, UK ...
1759 - 21st March 1776, 1795
Neath Canal,
Glynneath to Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK ...
1791 - 1795, 1798 - 1799
Lancaster Canal,
Kendal, Cumbria to Westhoughton, near Wigan, Lancashire, UK ...
1792 - 22nd November 1797, 1797 - 1819, 1823 - 1826
Ashton Canal,
Ducie Street, Piccadilly, to Ashton under Lyne, Manchester, UK ...
1791 - 1799
Peak Forest Canal,
Bugsworth Basin in Buxworth, Derbyshire, to Portland Basin, Ashton Canal, Manchester, UK ...
1795 - November 1805
Llangollen Canal,
Llantysilio, Denbighshire to Hurleston Junction, Hurleston, Cheshire, UK ...
1794 - 1808
Crinan Canal,
Ardrishaig to Crinan, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK ...
1793 - 1809, opened August 1809
Huddersfield Narrow Canal,
Huddersfield in West Yorkshire to Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, UK ...
July 1794 - 4th April 1811
Leeds & Liverpool Canal,
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire to Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK ...
July 1779 - October 1816
Regent's Canal,
from Paddington to Limehouse, London, UK ...
1812 - 1st August 1820
Caledonian Canal,
Corpach to Clachnaharry, Great Glen, Highland, Scotland, UK ...
April 1804 - 1847, opened 23rd October 1822
Suez Canal,
Port Said, eastern Mediterranean Sea, to Suez, Gulf of Suez, Egypt ...
25th April 1859 - 17th November 1869, 5th August 2014 - 6th August 201
Panama Canal, 19th century,
Panama City, Panama Bay, to Colón, Caribbean Sea, Republic of Panama ...
1st February 1881 - May 1889, 1894 - 1898
Manchester Ship Canal,
Eastham, Merseyside to Salford Docks and Pamona Docks, Greater Manchester, UK ...
11th November 1887 - 1st January 1894
Panama Canal, 21st Century,
Panama City, Panama Bay, to Colón, Caribbean Sea, Republic of Panama ...
7th January 2007 - 26th June 2016
Castles
Bamburgh Castle,
Bamburgh, Northumberland, UK ...
1131 - 1170, 1221, 1368-72, 1384 - 1388, 1403, 1757-66, 1894 - 1909
St Mawes Castle,
St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall ...
April 1540 - 1544
Pendennis Castle,
Pendennis Point, Falmouth, Cornwall ...
October 1540 - circa 1545, 1595 - 1600 and onwards
Cathedrals
Ely Cathedral,
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK ...
1083 - 1189, 1234 - 1250, 1321 - c1351
Durham Cathedral,
North Bailey, Durham, UK ...
1093 - 1133, 1173 - 1189, 1217 - 1226, 1242, 1465 - 1490
Causeways
Y Cob,
Britannia Terrace, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK ...
1808 - 17th September 1811
Churches
Coast Protection works
Hodbarrow Sea Defences,
Duddon Sands, near Millom, Cumbria, UK ...
pre 1884, 1888-90, 27th April 1900 - April 1905
Dams/Reservoirs
Gartmorn Dam,
Sauchie, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK ...
rebuilt c.1694, 1710 - 1713
Coquet Dam,
River Coquet, near Guyance, Northumberland ...
1777
Lower Tamar Dam,
River Tamar, northern Cornwall and Devon border, UK ...
1820
Bottoms Dam,
Langley, near Macclesfield, Chesire, UK ...
circa 1850
Abbeystead Dam,
River Wyre, southwest of Abbeystead, Lancashire, UK ...
1878 - 1881
Cowm Dam,
Whitworth, Lancashire, UK ...
1867 - 1886
Vyrnwy Dam,
Llanwddyn, Vyrnwy, Powys, Wales, UK ...
July 1881 - May 1891, opened 14th July 1892
Burrator Dam,
Burrator Reservoir, north east of Plymouth, Devon, UK ...
9th August 1893 - 21st September 1898
Sheepstor Dam,
Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK ...
1894 - 21st September 1898, 1923 - 1928
Walton Reservoirs,
West Molesey, Surrey, UK ...
circa 1905 - 13th April 1907, 1935 - 1939, 1957 - 1962
Howden Dam,
Derwent Valley, Peak District, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, UK ...
May 1901 - 5th September 1912
Scar House Dam,
Middlesmoor, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, UK ...
5th October 1921 - 1933
Hoover Dam,
Colorado River, Black Canyon, Nevada/Arizona border, USA ...
May 1931 - 1st March 1936
Claewen Dam,
Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK ...
1946 - October 1952
Usk Dam,
River Usk, west of Trecastle, Sennybridge, Powys, Wales, UK ...
1950 - 6th August 1955
Tan y Grisiau Dam,
Tanygrisiau Reservoir, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales, UK ...
1957 - March 1963
Dove Stone Dam,
8km east of Oldham, Greater Manchester ...
1960 - 6th October 1966
Scammonden Dam,
Scammonden Water, west of Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1st November 1966 - 31st October 1969
Llyn Brianne Dam,
Rhandirmwyn, west of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales, UK ...
October 1968 - 1972
Meldon Dam,
Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon, UK ...
1970 -1972
Windscar Dam,
River Don, Peak District, South Yorkshire ...
1972 - 1975
Upper Tamar Dam,
River Tamar, northern Cornwall and Devon border, UK ...
completed 1975
Llyn Brenig,
north of Cerrigydrudion, Conwy, Wales, UK ...
1973 - June 1976
Defence Structures
Docks/Slipways
Slip No.1, Devonport,
Royal Dockyard South Yard, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon ...
circa 1763 (slip), circa 1814 (cover)
Hyde Wharf, Peak Forest Canal,
Peak Forest Canal, between Manchester Road and the M67, Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester ...
1795 - October 1804
Leith Docks,
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK ...
1800 - 1806, 1810 - 1817, 1826 - 1829 and onwards
East India Docks,
River Thames, Blackwall, London, UK ...
1803 - 1806, opened 4th August 1806
Lydney Docks,
River Lyd, Lydney, Gloucestershire, UK ...
1811 - 1813, 1821
St Katharine Docks,
St Katharine's Way, London, UK ...
3rd May 1826 - 25th October 1829, September 1970 - 1981, 1995 - 1997
Fleetwood Docks,
Fleetwood, Lancashire, UK ...
1840 - 1846, 1869 - 1877, 1906 - 1908, 1972
Brentford Dock,
south of High Street, Brentford, London, UK ...
1855 - 1859
Sunderland South Docks,
Hendon, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, UK ...
1846 - 1856, 1864 - 1867, 1887 - 1880, 1899 - 1904
Briton Ferry Dock,
River Neath, Briton Ferry, Neath & Port Talbot, Wales, UK ...
1853 - 1861, opened 22nd August 1861
Barry Docks,
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK ...
14th November 1884 - 1889, 1893 - 1898
Albert Edward Dock,
Watery Lane, Preston, Lancashire, UK ...
11th October 1884 - 25th June 1892
Rosyth Dockyard,
Firth of Forth, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, UK ...
March 1909 - March 1916, 1995 - 1999, 2008 onwards
Drainage Systems
Hillcarr Sough,
west of River Derwent, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK ...
1766 - 1787 and later
Nent Force Level,
along the River Nent between Alston and Nenthead, Cumbria ...
1776, 1777, 1810, 1842
Earthworks/Fortifications
Maiden Castle,
near Winterborne Monkton, Dorset ...
circa 3000 BC onwards
Edinshall Fort,
Cockburn Law, north of Duns, Scottish Borders ...
circa 2 AD
Factories/Industrial Plants
Trafford Park,
Third Avenue/Eleventh Street, Trafford Park Village, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1896
ferries
Flood Prevention
Thames Flood Barrier,
Woolwich Reach, River Thames, Greater London, UK ...
August 1975 - opened 8th May 1984
Furnaces
Graves of Engineers
Harbours
St Agnes Harbour, site of,
Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK ...
1632, 1684, 1699 - 1705, 1709 - 1710, 1794 - 1798, c1816
Rye Harbour,
Rye, East Sussex, UK ...
1724 onwards, 1769 - 1773, completed by 1787
Holyhead Harbour,
Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK ...
1810 - 1824 and onwards
Seaham Harbour,
Seaham, County Durham, UK ...
September 1828 - July 1831
Portland Harbour,
between Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, Dorset ...
1849 - 1868, 1893 - 1906
Homes of Engineers
Home of Sir George Cayley,
Brompton Hall, Brompton-by-Sawdon, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK ...
1792 - 15th December 1857
Human-powered Machinery
Moulton Bicycle,
Moulton Developments, The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK ...
1957 - 1967
Industrial Machinery
Titan crane, Clydebank,
Queens Quay, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK ...
1906 - 24th April 1907, 2005 - July 2007
Jettys
Land Reclamation
Landscaping
Lighthouses
Bell Rock Lighthouse,
Inchcape Rock, SE of Arbroath, outside the Firth of Tay ...
16th August 1807 - 1st February 1811
Corsewall Lighthouse,
Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK ...
1815 - 1817, 1889 - 1891, 1910
Old Lundy Lighthouse,
Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, 21km north west of Hartland Point, Devon ...
1820
Bishop Rock Lighthouse,
Bishop Rock, 6km west of St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, UK ...
1852 - 1st September 1858, 1881 - October 1887
Nab Tower,
The Solent, off the Isle of Wight, UK ...
June 1918 - September 1920
Locks
Marple Locks,
Peak Forest Canal, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
October 1795 - November 1804, 1811
Devizes Locks,
Kennett & Avon Canal, west of Devizes, Wiltshire, UK ...
opened 28th December 1810
Foxton Locks,
Grand Junction Canal, Foxton, Leicestershire ...
1814
Meeting Places
Mining/Quarrying
Herland Mine,
Gwinear, Cornwall, UK ...
circa 1717-78, 1790-1808, 1815-16, 1824-43, 1854-74
Stray Park Mine,
Stray Park Road, Camborne, Cornwall ...
late 1700s - August 1870
Monuments
Stonehenge,
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK ...
circa 3100 - 2800 BC
The Monument,
Fish Street Hill, London EC3, UK ...
1671 - 1677
Nelson's Column,
Trafalgar Square, London, UK ...
1840 - 1844, 1849 - 1854, 1867
Scott Monument,
Princes Street, Edinburgh, UK ...
15th August 1840 - August 1844
Monuments to Engineers
Piers
Ryde Pier,
Ryde, Isle of Wight ...
1813 - 1814
Saltburn Pier,
Saltburn-by-the-sea, North Yorkshire, UK ...
December 1868 - May 1869
Llandudno Pier,
Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK ...
10th July 1876 - 12th September 1877, 1883 - 1884
Mumbles Pier,
The Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, UK ...
1897 - 10th May 1898, 1956
Southwold Pier,
Southwold, Suffolk ...
original 1900, rebuilt 1999-2001
Power Generation
Beckton Gas Works,
Armada Way, Gallions Reach, Newham, London, UK ...
November 1868 - December 1870
Dounreay Nuclear Reactors,
Dounreay, near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, UK ...
March 1955 - May 1958, November 1959, 1968 - 1974
Aberthaw Power Station,
West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK ...
November 1957 - February 1960, opened 29th October 1963, 1971 - 1979
Carno Wind Farm,
Trannon Moor, Carno, Powys, Wales, UK ...
1995 - October 1996, December 2007 - March 2009
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm,
Irish Sea 7.5km SW of Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK ...
April 2005 - June 2006
Black Law Wind Farm,
Black Law, near Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland ...
July 2004 - September 2006
Whitelee Wind Farm,
Whitelee, Eaglesham Moor, near Glasgow, Scotland, UK ...
October 2006 - January 2008
Race Tracks
Railway Viaducts
Sankey Viaduct (L&MR),
Sankey Brook, west of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, UK ...
June 1827 - July 1833, opened 15th September 1830
Corby Viaduct,
Corby Beck (or Drybeck), Great Corby, 8km east of Carlisle, Cumbria, UK ...
1830 – 1834, opened July 1836
Victoria Viaduct,
River Wear, south-east of Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK ...
1836 - 28th August 1838
Wolverton Viaduct,
River Great Ouse, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK ...
July 1835 - 1838, opened September 1838
Gauxholme Viaduct,
Gauxholme, south west of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1839 - 1840
Stockport Viaduct,
Chestergate, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
10th March 1839 - 21st December 1840, 1887 - 1889
Quakers Yard Viaduct,
River Taff, Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK ...
1840 - 21st April 1841, 1861 - 1862
Lowther Viaduct,
River Lowther, 4km south of Penrith, Cumbria, UK ...
1845 - December 1846
Burnley Viaduct,
West of Burnley Central Station, Burnley, Lancashire, UK ...
1848
Ballochmyle Viaduct,
River Ayr, near Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK ...
March 1846 - 9th August 1848
Whalley Viaduct,
River Calder, west of Whalley, Lancashire, UK ...
1846 - 1850
Yarm Viaduct,
River Tees, Yarm, County Durham, UK ...
1851 - 15th May 1852
Crumlin Viaduct, site of,
Ebbw river valley, Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, UK ...
1853 - 1st June 1857 (metalwork demolished 1966)
Leven Viaduct,
River Leven estuary, Ulverston, Cumbria, UK ...
1st April 1856 - 14th June 1857
Kent Viaduct,
River Kent estuary, Arnside, Cumbria, UK ...
21st October 1856 - 24th July 1857
Merrygill Viaduct,
Hartley Beck, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, UK ...
1859 - 4th July 1861
Podgill Viaduct,
Ladthwaite Beck, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, UK ...
1859 - 4th July 1861
Marple Viaduct,
River Goyt, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
April 1862 - April 1863
Barmouth Viaduct,
Barmouth, Gwynedd, north Wales, UK ...
1864 - 1867, 1899, 1906 - 1909
Solway Viaduct, site of,
Solway Firth from Herdhill Scar, near Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, UK ...
October 1865 – 27th June 1868 (opened 1869)
Meldon Viaduct,
Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon, UK ...
1874, 1878 - 1879
Charlton Viaduct,
Kidd's Lane, off A37, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK ...
1874
Dent Head Viaduct,
between Blea Moor Tunnel and Artengill Beck, Dentdale, Cumbria, UK ...
1870 - 1875
Arten Gill Viaduct,
Artengill Beck, Stone House, Dentdale, Cumbria, UK ...
early 1870 - 1875
Ribblehead Viaduct,
near Ribblehead station, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, UK ...
1869 - 1875, opened 1st May 1876
Chelfham Viaduct,
Chelfham Barton, near Barnstaple, Devon, UK ...
1896 - 16th May 1898
Adam Bridge,
River Douglas, north of Wigan, Greater Manchester ...
rebuilt 1947
Railways
Kilmarnock & Troon Railway,
Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire to Troon in South Aryshire, Scotland, UK ...
1808 - 1811, opened 6th July 1812
Bolton & Leigh Railway,
Bolton in Lancashire, to Kenyon in Cheshire, UK ...
1825 - October 1829, opened 1st August 1828
Ffestiniog Railway,
Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK ...
26th Feb 1833 - 20th April 1836, Jan 1840 - Nov 1844, 1851
Tring Cutting,
East of Tring, Hertfordshire ...
mid 1834 - late 1837
Taff Vale Railway,
Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK ...
1836 - 21st April 1841, 1857 - 1862
Mersey Railway,
Liverpool to Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK ...
December 1879 - 20th January 1886, , 1888, 1891, 11th January 1892
Manx Electric Railway,
Derby Castle Station in Douglas, to Ramsey, Isle of Man, UK ...
1892 - 7th September 1893, 1894, 1897 - 1899
Snowdon Mountain Railway,
Llanberis to Summit Station, Gwynedd, Wales, UK ...
December 1894 - January 1896, opened 6th April 1896, 1897
The Subway, Glasgow,
West central Glasgow, Scotland, UK ...
1891 - 21st January 1897, 1977 - 16th April 1980
Road Viaducts
Hammersmith Flyover,
Great West Road (A4), Hammersmith, London, UK ...
1959 - 1962, 2012, 2013 - 2015
Tinsley Viaduct,
M1 Junction 34, between Sheffield and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK ...
spring 1965 - 25th March 1968
Westway,
A40, White City to Paddington Green, London, UK ...
29th September 1966 - July 1970
River Dee Viaduct,
River Dee, north of Halton, Wrexham, Wales, UK ...
1987 - 1990, opened 8th June 1990
Roads
Wade's Causeway,
Wheeldale Moor, south of Goathland, North Yorkshire, UK ...
circa 100 AD
Lofthouse Interchange,
junction M1 and M62, south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1965 - 1967, 1996 - 12th February 1999
Mancunian Way,
Castlefield to Piccadilly, Manchester, UK ...
November 1963 - March 1967, 1992
Scientific Installations
Sculptures/Installations
Sewage/Sewers
Ships
SS Great Western,
built at Wapping Wharf, now Prince's Wharf, Bristol, UK ...
keel laid 28th July 1836, launched 19th July 1837, scrapped 1857
SS Great Eastern,
Burrell's Wharf Square, Millwall, London, UK ...
keel laid 1st May 1854, launch 3rd November 1857 - 31st January 1858
Stadiums/Arenas/Pools
Steam Engines or Locomotives
Telecommmunications
Emley Moor Transmitter,
Jagger Lane, Emley Moor, Kirklees, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1956, 1964, August 1969 - 1971
Tramways/Funicular
Tunnels
Sapperton Tunnel,
under the A419, Coates to Daneway, Gloucestershire, UK ...
1783 - 28th April 1789
Butterley Tunnel,
Butterley, east of Ripley, Derbeyshire, UK ...
1792 - 1793, opened 1794
Braunston Tunnel,
Grand Union Canal, north of Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK ...
1793
Chirk Canal Tunnel,
Shropshire Union Canal, Chirk, near Wrexham, Wales, UK ...
25th November 1801
Blisworth Tunnel,
Grand Union Canal, Blisworth to Stoke Brueme, south of Northampton, UK ...
May 1793 - 25th March 1805
Standedge Tunnel,
Diggle to Marsden, north-east of Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1794 - Dec 1810, 1846 - 1st Aug 1849, 1868 - Feb 1871, 1890 - Aug 1894
Box Tunnel,
Box, Wiltshire, UK ...
September 1836 - June 1841
Kilsby Tunnel,
east of Kilsby, Northamptonshire, UK ...
May 1835 - 17th September 1838
Summit Tunnel,
Bottomley, Walsden, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
September 1837 - 1st March 1841
Thames Tunnel,
Rotherhithe to Wapping, London, UK ...
February 1825 - 25th March 1843
Woodhead Tunnels,
Woodhead to Dunford Bridge, Peak District, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1st Oct 1838 - 22nd Dec 1845, 1847 - 2nd Feb 1852, 1949 - 1953
Shugborough Tunnel,
Shugborough Hall, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, UK ...
1846 - June 1847
Sevenoaks Tunnel,
Southeastern Railway mainline, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK ...
1864 - 1st May 1868
The Tower Subway,
under the River Thames, Tower Hill to Vine Street, London, UK ...
February 1869 - 7th April 1870
Severn Tunnel,
Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales ... to Pilning, South Gloucestershire, UK ...
18th March 1873 - 1st September 1886
Hudson River Tunnel,
Fifteenth Street in Jersey City to Morton Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA ...
17th November 1874 - 25th February 1908, opened 1908
Rotherhithe Tunnel,
from Limehouse to Rotherhithe, River Thames, London, UK ...
1904 - 12 June 1908
Queensway Road Tunnel,
Liverpool to Birkenhead under the River Mersey, Merseyside, UK ...
16th December 1925 - 18th July 1934
Tyne Tunnel (2011),
East Howdon to Jarrow, Tyne & Wear, UK ...
April 2008 - 25th February 2011, opened officially 18th July 2012
Walls/Abutments/Cuttings
Cowran Cut,
5km south of Brampton, Cumbria, UK ...
1832 - July 1836
Talerddig Cutting,
Talerddig, Powys, Wales, UK ...
1859 - 1861, railway opened 3rd January 1863
Mersey Approach training banks,
eastern end of the system, north of Perch Rock, New Brighton, Merseyside ...
April 1909 - November 1910, various dates to 1960
Water Supplies/Pipes
Drake's Leat,
Yennadon to Plymouth, Devon, UK ...
December 1590 - April 1591
The New River,
Chadwell Springs in Hertfordshire to Clerkenwell in London ...
1605, May 1609 - September 1613, and onwards
Walton Pumping Station,
Hurst Road, West Molesey, Surrey, UK ...
24th October 1908 - 10th June 1911, 1924 - 1926
Thames Water Tunnel Ring Main,
Ashford Common to Walthamstow, Greater London, UK ...
6th March 1986 - 11th November 1994, partly opened 1991, 2007 - 201
Water Towers/Tanks
Watermills
Preston Mill,
Preston, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, UK ...
circa 1660 onwards
Three Mills,
River Lea, Bromley by Bow, London, UK ...
1776, 1817
Waterwheels
Windmills
Lytham Mill,
Lytham Green, Lytham, Lancashire, UK ...
1805
Cley Windmill,
River Glaven, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk ...
circa 1815 - 1819
Ramsey Windmill,
A604, west of Ramsey, Essex, UK ...
erected before 1819, moved 1842
Draper's Mill,
St Peter's Footpath, College Road, Margate, Kent, UK ...
1845
Workplaces