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Bridges

How Bridges Work
Site has photos, basics of bridges, and explains the three main types of bridges - beam, arch, and suspension
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm

Basic Bridge Types
Links to learn about girder, truss, rigid frame, arch, cable stayed and suspension bridges
http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/index.shtm

Arch Bridge Famous Bridges
Site looks at Brooklyn Bridge, New York City; Forth Rail Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland and Golden Gate Bridge
http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/Famous%20Bridges.htm

About Bridges
Site includes Photo gallery, Bridge Dictionary, Chronology of Bridges, Bridge Design, and Bridging Materials
http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/

Cablestay Bridge

Types of Bridges
Learn about the four major types of bridges and then test your knowledge by matching the right bridge to the right location.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/bridge.html

Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Picture and informa t ion on bridge
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/bandt/html/veraz.htm

Girder Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge
Many photos and information on construction  and history
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Brooklyn_Bridge.html

Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Site shows photos and history of bridge in Florida
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/sunshine_skyway.html

Suspension Bridge

Tacoma Narrows Bridge
History, photos, and statistics
http://www.nwrain.net/~newtsuit/recoveries/narrows/narrows.htm

Quebec Bridge
Cantilever bridge - built in 1904, destroyed in 1907
http://www.structurae.net/en/structures/data/str00479.php

Truss Bridge

Arlington Memorial Bridge
Photos and history of bridge from National Park Service
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bridge.htm

Venezia (Venice) Famous Bridges. ...
 Brief illustrated article describes the Ponte di Rialto and the Ponte dei Sospiri.
http://www.geektimes.com/michael/travel/1998/italia/02/venezia/famousBridges.html

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
History and photos
http://www.cbbt.com/

ABCD's Bridge Design Tips for Kids
Site on types of bridges, materials and photos of  balsa wood constructed bridges
http://abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm

Building Big Site
PBS site with information on bridges, skyscrapers, domes, tunnels, and dams
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

Domes

Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana

The Dome
Brief explanation and pictures of two famous domes
http://www.ul.ie/~gaughran/Gildea/page7c.htm

Dome Architecture
Microsoft Encarta article on domes
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555109_1/Dome_(architecture).html

The Pantheon
Site gives history and photos
http://www.romeguide.it/MONUM/ARCHEOL/pantheon/the_pantheon.htm

Domes
Building Big Site with links to sites on different domed buildings
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dome/webography.html

Architects

William Lebaron Jenney
Chicago Landmarks site with biography of Jenney
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Jenney.html

Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Great Buildings Online site with biography and other information
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe.html

Charles Follen McKim
Life story of this American architect
http://eng.archinform.net/arch/6259.htm

Charles Follen McKim
Encyclopedia article
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Charles%20Follen%20McKim

William Rutherford Mead
Architecture biography
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/Mead-Wil.html

Julia Morgan
Site of Julia Morgan Center for the Arts - gives her life story
http://www.juliamorgan.org/story.shtml

Frederick Law Olmsted
Founder of American Landscape Architecture - biography, philosophy and his works
http://www.newbedford.com/olmsted.html

Frederick Law Olmsted
The life and works of Olmsted
http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com

I.M. Pei
Information on structures
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/I._M._Pei.html

I.M. Pei
Biography, awards, and project list
http://www.pcfandp.com/a/f/fme/imp/b/b.html

Caesar Pelli
Information on Petronas Towers from Great Buildings Online
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Petronas_Towers.html

Caesar Pelli
Artcile by Michael J. Crosbie about Pelli
http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0228/index.html

Henry Hobson Richardson
Biography from Great Buildings Online Site
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Henry_Hobson_Richardson.html

Henry Hobson Richardson
His style was the "Richardsonia Romanesque" because of the parallels with Romanesque principles.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/hhr.html

Louis H. Sullivan
He believed that form should always follow function.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Louis_H._Sullivan.html

Louis H. Sullivan
Sullivan created a distinctive style of ornament that embraced natural forms.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Sullivan.html

Stanford White
Biography of a famous architect
http://dede.essortment.com/stanfordwhiteb_rbyy.htm

Stanford White
Stanford White was an important American architect and one of the founders of the influential architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White in 1880. White's talent for lavish Italian Renaissance style and what has come to be known as Shingle style helped establish the firm as one of the best known firms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
http://www.teslascience.org/pages/white.htm

Stanford White
Stanford White (l853-l906), contributed to the designs of Clumbia University's Morningside Heights campus, New York's Pennsylvania Station, and the Boston Public Library.
http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/archive/stan.htm

Frank Lloyd Wright
PBS site on Wright's life and works
http://www.pbs.org/flw/

Frank Lloyd Wright
An all Wright site
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw.html

Frank Lloyd Wright
Webliography of internet resources related to Wright and his works.
http://www.delmars.com/wright/flwright.htm

Skyscrapers

The History of Skyscrapers with information of Bessemer's process of making steel
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blskyscapers.htm

A photo gallery by Matthew Armling of highrises, skyscrapers and towers in New York, Hongkong and Frankfurt.
http://skyscraperphotos.com/

How Skyscrapers Work - includes construction and other factors that affect buildings
http://www.howstuffworks.com/skyscraper.htm

Tall Buildings of the World
Site has pictures and information on Bank of China Tower, Chase Manhattan Bank, Chrysler Building, Citicorp Center, Empire State Building
http://types.greatbuildings.com/types/skyscraper.html

Skyscrapers
Largest database on high rise buildings
http://www.emporis.com/en/

Building Big Site on Skyscapers
PBS site with information and tasks on skyscrapers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/skyscraper/

Dallas Skyscapers
Table with height, address, date built and photos
http://www.dallassky.com/statisticstable.htm

Skyscraper Timeline
Table with heights and date completed
http://www.skyscraper.org/tallest/tallest.htm

Building the Chrysler Building
Site gives history of the builders and building
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DISPLAY/chrysler/Frame-1.html

How Architecture Was Developed
Description of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Gothic architecture and how they began.
http://www.ma.psu.edu/~ma_tapps/arch/main.html

Tunnels

Famous Tunnels
Thinkquest entry with information on the Thames, Seiken, Frejus and Hoosac tunnels
http://library.thinkquest.org/3893/FAMOUS.HTM

Notable Tunnels
Chart with name, location, length, and year completed -  length in mi, km
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001340.html

Standedge Tunnel
History and pictures of longest, highest, and deepest tunnel in Great Britain
http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/standedge3.htm

The Pawpaw Tunnel
Site gives the history  of the the Paw Paw Tunnel, at times referred to as one of the "Wonders of the World" .
http://www.berkeleysprings.com/tunnel.htm

Dams

Dams
Site includes types, background information, the making of a dam, how to make a dam model with things like straws, cork and wood, facts on dams and pictures of dams
http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/activities/Hydrosphere/Dams/index.html

Investigating Dams
National Geographic has put together a Geo-Guide on investigating dams to help you contemplate why?and how?people build dams, and to explore the good and bad impacts a dam may have on a community.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/geoguide/dams/

A Walk Through of A Hydroelectric Plant
Just how does water create electricity? Take a "virtual" tour through a hydroelectric plan and see how dams can turn the force of falling water into electricity.
http://www.fwee.org/walk.html

World's Largest Dams
Site gives location, cubic meters and yards and year completed
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001334.html

World's Highest Dams
Site gives river, state, country, height, reservoir capacity and year completed.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113468.html Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam II
Learn about one of the great dams of the United States, how and why it was built; who built it; and a timeline of events.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hoover/

Cracking Dams
Cracking Dams is an interactive multimedia web site for K-12 students about fracture mechanics and dams. Students learn about positive and negative impacts of dams and the societal effects of engineering. A Java applet allows the student to perform an engineering computer simulation of cracking in a dam. There are three levels of Cracking Dams: Beginning, K-4; Intermediate, 5-8; and Advanced, 9-12. Each level has its own WebQuests or worksheets to facilitate use in the classroom.
http://simscience.org/cracks/index.html

Itaipu Dam in Paraguay/Brazil
The Itaipú hydroelectric power plant is the largest development of its kind in operation in the world.
http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/ItaipuHistory.html

Types of Dams
Information and photos on arch, buttress, gravity and embankment dams
http://simscience.org/cracks/intermediate/dam_types1.html

Building Big Site - Dams
Site includes interactive lab to learn more about the materials, forces, loads and shapes that affect the way a dam is built.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/index.html

Three Gorges Dam
History and controversy over dam in China.
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/greatwall/dam.html

Credits:
Suspension Bridge graphic - http://www.nireland.com/bridgeman/
Type of bridges graphics
http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/index.shtm
Super Dome picture
http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/dome_e/history/tech/iron2.html#1
Background
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/dcs/math/structures/html/Structures/skyscrapers.html
Capitol Dome Drawing
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/dome.htm
Mauvages Tunnel Picture
http://www.canals.com/tunnels.htm
Dam Picture
http://simscience.org/cracks/index.html