TY - BOOK AU - Davidson, Frank P. AU - Brooke, Kathleen Lusk TI - Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History Vol - 1 SN - 9780313333736 U1 - 620 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi PB - Pentagon Press KW - Civil Engineering N1 - Solomon's Temple: Israel The Founding of Cyrene: Libya The Aqueducts of Rome: Italy The Grand Canal: China Protective and Land Reclamation: The Netherlands The Founding of Baghdad: Iraq Charlemagne's Works: Western Europe London Bridge: England The New River: England The Taj Mahal: India The Canal des Deux Mers: France The Founding of St. Petersburg: Russia The Founding of Washington, DC: United States The Erie Canal: United States The City of Singapore: Singapore The Suez Canal: Egypt The Transcontinental Railroad: United States The Brooklyn Bridge: United States The Canadian Pacific Railway: Canada The Eiffel Tower: France The Trans-Siberian Railway: Russia The Panama Canal: Panama The Federal Highway System: United States The Colorado River and Hoover Dam: United States Volume - 2 The Tennessee Valley Authority: United States The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Act: United States The Alaska Highway: United States and Canada The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Power Project: Australia The Mont Blanc Tunnel: Italy, France, and Switzerland The Founding of Brasilia: Brazil NASA and the Apollo Program: United States The High Dam at Aswan: Egypt The Communications Satellite (COMSAT): United States The National Trails System: United States Shinkansen - National High - Speed Railways: Japan The Trans - Alaska Pipeline: United States and Canada The Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Project: Brazil and Paraguay The Founding of Abuja: Nigeria The Channel Tunnel: England and France SEMATECH: United States The Central Artery / Tunnel Project ("Big Dig"): United States Bibliography Index ER -