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Feats of Engineering

 
It's easy to take good engineering for granted. After all, it's the bad engineering that gets the headlines: bridges falling down, buildings falling apart, tunnels collapsing.

When done right, good engineering can be beautiful to look at or beautifully functional or just amazing in its scale. Here's our tribute to a few projects that did more than just get the job done.

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