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Great Wall of China
Completed in 1644, various engineers and workers over dynasties
The Roman Aqueducts
Completed around 52 AD, Ancient Roman Engineers
Eiffel Tower
Completed in 1889, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Panama Canal
Completed in 1914, John Frank Stevens and others
Hoover Dam
Completed in 1936, Chief Design Engineer John L. Savage
Golden Gate Bridge
Completed in 1937, Chief Engineer Joseph Strauss
Empire State Building
Completed in 1931, Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon
The International Space Station (ISS)
Continuously inhabited since November 2000, a collaborative project of multiple countries and engineers
The Channel Tunnel (Eurotunnel)
Completed in 1994, Engineers: TransManche Link engineering consortium
Burj Khalifa
Completed in 2010, Chief architect Adrian Smith
Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Operational since 2008, built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Sydney Opera House
Completed in 1973, Designed by Jørn Utzon
Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883, Chief Engineer John Augustus Roebling
Transcontinental Railroad
Completed in 1869, Engineers: Theodore Dehone Judah and others
Hubble Space Telescope
Launched in 1990, developed by NASA with contributions from the European Space Agency (ESA)
Apollo 11 Lunar Module
Landed on the Moon in 1969, Chief Engineer Thomas J. Kelly
Forth Bridge
Completed in 1890, Engineers: Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker
Chunnel (Channel Tunnel)
Opened in 1994, TML (TransManche-Link) engineering team
Itaipu Dam
Completed in 1984, Joint effort by Brazil and Paraguay
Tokyo Skytree
Completed in 2012, Nikken Sekkei Ltd and Obayashi Corporation
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