Engineering Timelines - using this site

Nab Tower

Isle of Wight | 1920

..... Did you know that it was intended as the first of 6 anti-submarine towers across the Solent?

The Needles

Isle of Wight | 1859

..... Why was this light built on lower ground than its predecessor?

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Cefn-mawr | 1805

..... Did you know that Thomas Telford designed an aqueduct?

Have you ever wondered ... why the Forth Rail Bridge is a milestone in engineering? Or when lighthouses in Britain changed shape?

Did you know ... that Sir Christopher Wren designed both
St Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Observatory and that they were completed in the same year? — and he was still at work 200 years later when he endorsed the building of Sway Tower from the spirit world !

If you're interested in how engineering has shaped Britain
..... then this is the website for you.

On this site you can ......

Explore the life's work of an engineer .....
example ... Show me the biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Discover the wealth of engineering in any locality in the British Isles .....
example ... Show me bridges in Lancashire

Find out what was built in a particular period .....
example ... Show me railway viaducts built in the Victorian era

Explore how things work .....
example ... Show me the equations of flight

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