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  Built in America http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
This collection includes digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, data pages including written histories, and supplemental materials. From The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER).
  History and Heritage of Civil Engineering http://www.asce.org/history/hp_main.html
Features landmark projects, notable engineers, image library and resources guide. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  Construction History Society http://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/
Exists to focus the attention of the construction industry and associated professions on the importance of preserving the records of our built environment. Includes membership details, newsletter, journal and events.
  Engineering Timelines Map of The British Isles http://www.engineering-timelines.com/
Searchable data on significant projects and engineers in the British Isles.
  The Jerwood Photography Project - Making the Modern World http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/photographicproject/modernworld.html
A project to make accessible and preserve the British Library's photographic collection which records the progress of early construction projects. Includes samples from the collection.
  The Surveyors Historical Society http://www.surveyorshistoricalsociety.com/
Dedicated to the preservation of historical surveying instruments, artifacts, records and memorabilia and educating the general public about the history of surveying.
  Cruquius Site http://www.cruquiusmuseum.nl/
Group of volunteers restoring and maintaining one of the pumping stations which drained the Haarlemmermeer. Site describes the history, the technology, and the restoration.
  Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Engineering Construction and Building http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/310.html
Covers a range of topics including roads and bridges, ports and harbours, and construction during the settlement period. From the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
  The National History Committee of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering http://www.ryerson.ca/~amackenz/history/
Record for preservation, significant works of earlier generations of civil engineers. Includes illustrated listings of historic sites.
  Civil Engineering and Public Works. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGL5111
Full text of this 1870 publication by William Blake. Reports on the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition. Includes topics such as construction materials and the Suez maritime canal.
  Syllabus of Lectures on Civil Engineering in the University of Georgia http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJQ7546
Facsimile of this 1853 publication by Charles Francis McCay. Provides an interesting insight into early engineering education.
  Canadian Civil Engineering History & Heritage http://collections.ic.gc.ca/civileng/eng/
Features historic sites by structure type and engineers who made a significant impact on civil engineering in Canada.
  Pocket-Book for Railroad and Civil Engineers http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS1974
Facsimile of an early calculation assistant which contained methods for laying out railroad curves, switches, frog angles, and crossings, the staking out of work, levelling, and the calculation of cuttings and embankments. Produced by Oliver Byrne in 1864.

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