engineering achievements
Feats of design
Engineering achievements are notable accomplishments in designing and building structures, machines, or systems.
The phrase typically appears in discussions of impressive feats like bridges, spacecraft, or power grids: The Panama Canal remains one of history's greatest engineering achievements.
The plural suggests a category of human progress measured in solved problems and conquered physical challenges.
- damWater-holding barrier
- highway systemLinked major roads
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- Channel TunnelUndersea rail link connecting nations
- automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
tunnel · power grid · wind farm · microchip · space shuttle · moon landing · Mars rover · Large Hadron Collider · aqueduct · satellite · tower · solar panel · skyscraper · Panama Canal · turbine · railway network · bullet train · circuit board
engineering achievementsnatural wonders
Remarkable geological or biological sites
geological features · natural phenomena · organic growth · wilderness · natural landscapes
engineering achievementsstructural failures
When constructions break down
Challenger disaster · design flaws · Chernobyl · Titanic sinking · bridge collapses
engineering achievementsshoddy workmanship
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