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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1791: The Thames Tunnel

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 2, 2019 · Episode: 1791 The Thames Tunnel: Heroic engineering and its promotion. Today, the Thames Tunnel.

Tags construction Isambard Kingdom Brunel Marc Brunel mining engineering project development promotion Queen Victoria Thames Tunnel tunneling

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1661: Looking for the Engineers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 3, 2019 · Episode: 1661 Where are all the Engineers? Appearing to be something else, it would seem. Today, where did all the engineers go?

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1388: A Short Discourse On Tunneling

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 23, 2017 · Episode: 1388 A short history of tunneling. Today, let’s tunnel our way through history.

Tags canals Delaware aqueduct Hoosac tunnel Isambard Kingdom Brunel Marc Brunel Posilipo railroads Thames Tunnel transportation Whittier

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