Much of London’s East End was flattened by German bombs in World War II and in 1961 a program of…
The postwar recovery of the Italian economy was driven by the great industrial cities of the north and the Vajont…
The rocket launching site of Baikonur in Central Asia was at the heart of the Soviet Union’s space program. Located…
When the French government decided to build a dam to improve the water supply and irrigation for the notoriously dry…
The first half of the last century witnessed a burgeoning enthusiasm for the suspension bridge, especially for the clean lines…
One of the key issues affecting the development of Los Angeles was the provision of an adequate and dependable water…
Looking today at the imposing bulk of Quebec Bridge as it straddles the St Lawrence River, you would be hard…
Detroit was on the cusp of its rebirth as Motor City and Henry Ford was cutting his teeth as a…
It took engineer Thomas Bouch 20 years to persuade the operators of the east coast London-to-Scotland railway line to commit…
The holiday island of Tenerife was the scene of the world’s worst aviation disaster in March 1977, as a result…