Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1865: The Kinzua Viaduct
Posted on · Episode: 1865 Octave Chanute and the Kinzua Viaduct: bridging two centuries. Today, a story of railroads and airplanes.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1846: Tallest, Longest
Posted on · Episode: 1846 Tallest and longest, bridges and skyscrapers, human energy and human hubris. Today, the tallest and the longest.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1101: Paconius’s Folly
Posted on · Episode: 1101 A Roman engineer’s not-quite-right idea for moving a pedestal Today, a clever Roman engineer outsmarts himself.