CE 2700 Lecture : Intro CE Notes
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The development of towns required civil engineering: construction material are manufactured to a greater extent rather than harvested, mined, or quarried (wrought iron, glass, uniform bricks). Iron withstood fire better than wood, was less expensive than stone, and could be prefabricated and delivered to the job site and assembled on-site. Iron bridge, by thomas pritchard (1779) over river stern in the england: canals were being built at an accelerated pace to transport materials and good (freight). Canals were quickly rendered obsolete by railroads: thomas telford- designed chain suspension bridge over the menai straight in whales. Isambard kingdom brunel (marc brunel)- built a tunnel under the thames river. Modern times (20th century-present: panama canal (1914, empire state building (1931)- first building with over 100 buildings, golden gate bridge (1937, cn tower in toronto, tallest freestanding structure in the world until 2007. Profession: 1768 john smeaton distinguished himself as a civil engineer .
