10 of History’s Greatest Engineering Achievements
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10. The Roman water distribution system
9. The Cathedral of Hagia Sophia
8. The Leshan Buddha
7. The Erie Canal
6. The Brooklyn Bridge
5. The Eiffel Tower
4. The Panama Canal
3. The Channel Tunnel
2. Burj Khalifa
1. The Apollo Space Program
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This is why Simon, I'd pick your channels over the telly any and every day of the week, exceptionally informative, educational and very entertaining!
Being a Swede, I'd love to see something on Gustavus Adolphus II and the Thirty Years' War....
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Fun fact about the Brooklyn bridge. When the son got sick his wife was the one who oversaw a lot of the work while he was on bed rest. He helped her of course she wasnt an engineer but she made sure everything was paid and work was done properly. With out her probably wouldn't have happened.
Love ur videos, keep up the original content and have a great day!
The Great Pyramid of Giza stood as the tallest manmade structure in the world until the Eiffel tower was built. It was built without iron tools. It is top 5 at least!
@Aman Ok there is conflicting information then. It must be disputed.
Shouldn't railroads be on this list? That was a marvel of engineering. The development of Railroads increased population and improved the lives of many people by transporting food and other goods.
Or at least the steam engine.
Great list! You should do another one involving great engineering achievements in medicine, electronics, chemicals etc.!
Roman water system is amazing. Gravity and thing still work! In my neighbourhood half of the time we have no water, because of rusty pipes or problem with pumping. If some day time travel machine will be invented we shall send for Romans to fix this water thing..
there are still some fuctional water system in italy and turkey.The romans where master enginers.
The only real downside with using Aquaducts is that the water source must be higher then the destination. Most modern systems have to use high-pressure deepwells to get water, so with that comes issues.
Also, The Roman elite where willing to pay to have that infrastructure well-maintained, and it was not cheap. You can't hardly pass a waterworks bill on the modern ballot....
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Thank you Simon. I always enjoy the way you revolve your content around American viewers. It makes us Australians very happy.
It's often written by Americans.
Are you calling us Americans clowns? How's Lucifers playground feel huh. Does it burn being down there? Lol
I would add the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.
great and very interesting video x
Imagine the environmental impact survey necessary for the Panama Canal? It would never happen now. It would be tied up in court for centuries! 🤦♂️
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What about the Big Dig in Boston?
That would be on the top ten failures.
You mean the big fuckup
What about the Eads Bridge?? It was the longest rigid span across a river (at the time) and largest application of steel (at the time). It pre-dated the Brooklyn Bridge, which you mention, which used some of the designs from the Eads. It also has a fun story that they used elephants to show case how strong it was.
Thank you Sir.
Kudos for pronouncing “Hagia Sophia” correctly. Not many do.
"All the concrete dreams in my mind's eye". David Bowie. From the song, "Thru' These Architect's Eyes". From the album, "Outside" 1995.
The pyramids of Egypt and South America did not make the list? Hmm
I was thinking the same thing
They were built by aliens.
@@kostikoskela375 Lol no, it was most likely a work force of 100,000 people
dregerclock all the ones chosen were more of an engineering challenge than stacking rocks into a pile. A pyramid is one of the most stable structures. The ones chosen on this list involved some of the greasiest challenges overcome by engineers successfully.
@@jonaswudkwych3615 Yes, stable once built. What still puzzles historians is *how* exactly they were built in the first place, and so precisely, with the tools available. And also how to quarry the stones, chisel them them, and transport them very long distances.
At the very least, they had knowledge of advanced mathematics and had to be efficient planners.
(Spoiler)I am glad to see that the Apollo Program was picked as number one.
Matthew Forsee Man I really wish I would finnish watching these videos before I start reading all of the comments. Guess I should thank you though. After no. 1 I have no idea what Simon is saying, I'm reading the damn comments
I figured it’d have been the Pyramids in Egypt lol
You know civil engineering isn't the only kind of engineering right? The fact that you included an interdisciplinary engineering project in the #1 spot doesn't excuse you from the fact that your number 2-10 spots were all civil engineering projects.
Humanity has lasted only for so long but there's so many marvels out there, I feel a sequel to this video very soon.
Twenty centuries sounds less impressive than two millennia.
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It seems like Civil engineering has been over-represented in this list. All but one are civil engineering achievements. What about other engineering achievements such as cars, aeroplanes, computers, electron microscopes, MRI machines, particle accelerators, etc.?
What about the ISS though? Keeping people alive in space for months at a time is a feat in itself.
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Knapping stone and friction fire. Everything started from there. Geometric structural analysis, chemistry, and thermodynamics. Sounds like engineering to me.
You should check out Winnipeg's Floodway - it moved more earth than the Panama Canal
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No pyramids !!
Dutch Delta Works?
We need another top 10.
I just love it when I’m out of data and I try to skip through the ad and I have to wait another three minutes to finish the video
The in-video ad was interrupted by an ad from UA-cam for me.
on the lines of the Leshan Buddha, try looking for the Ellora caves in India.. You will be fascinated
Was hoping to see the Delta Works on this list. Guess that was a long shot. Maybe if they specified buildings.
It's crazy how brilliant humans could be even so long ago
Humans have not changed. Getting rid of slavery that creates laziness and building equality among people which creates an environment where ideas can be shared and used is what fuels progress.
@@nora22000 I just find it crazy how they could build such big and complex things with such little technology back then. It's mind blowing what they've done. Someone building a great pyramid today would still be impressive and we have way more tech to do it
You should rename this History's Greatest Architectural Engineering Achievements, remove the Apollo Program, and replace it with the Pyramids. Then do another Top 10 of technical Engineering, with that on the list.
You forgot Newgrange. It's a Neolithic stone structure in Ireland that's older then the pyramids and Stonehedge and has a doorway with a roof box that perfectly aligns with the sun on the winter solstice and its roof is so well made that it's still waterproof despite its age.
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1) Internet
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3) Powered Flight
4) Printing Press
5) Twinkies
6) The IKEA cupboard I constructed.
those are great inventions- this video is about great engineering- totally different
@@jimcurt99 and how do you think tinkies are made, "food engineer"
james curtis engineering always comes before invention. Prime example being powered flight, they had to have the pieces in place before they could create something new.
Eiffel Tower in Paris was built with
steel from Resita & Govajdia, Romania .
The fact steam engines/locomotives and/or railways themselves aren't on this list is a bit annoying. I mean they are all fantastic achievements yes but with all but one of them being structures some of them could've been swapped out for others that had possibly greater impact, such as steam engines or railways as I said above, the impact they had was bloody enormous.
I think there is a difference in category between the achievements listed and steam engines. This list is singular achievements, whereas you listed inventions. Perhaps the (US) transcontinental railroad - or some other major achievement in railroad building - could have made the list, but I don't think inventions should be on the same list as buildings. After all, any one building will never be as significant as, say, the development of the arch, nor would any one railroad be as significant as the development of the steam locomotive.
I could definitely see a companion video, "10 of the Greatest Engineering Breakthroughs," though.
Anyone kind enough to tell me the location of the picture shown at 1:08?
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It’s The Sears Tower.
Or The Big Willie.
Great list otherwise!
Im really surprised the great pyramids isn't on this list. They was the tallest manmade objects for a couple thousand years, and they are still standing. They should have taken the Eiffel Tower spot.
chris cardwell >> The humorist & historian Will Cuppy once stated that “It’s not in the nature of a pyramid to fall down.”
@@jaybee9269 did they refer to Will Cuppy as captain obvious? Lol
Lol. Not to my knowledge. But it was YOU who pointed out that they were still standing, Major Obvious. Sir.
Cuppy was damn funny.
Yes i pointed out they are still standing. They have been there for almost 5,000 years. Probably longer. Im sorry to upset you, sir. I didnt know you was such a Cuppy fanboy.
I've always wondered how we made it into space and on the moon when computers back then used the size of a room to work.
Maybe we didn't ?
We knew how to do math long before we had computers, and the Earth-Moon system is relatively stable, so the calculations aren't really *that* hard. Plus, we sent up some of the best and the brightest military pilots we had after training them extensively for this mission.
Can't believe the LCH didn't make the list.
A man, a plan, a canal- Panama. Spell it backwards.
Perfect. What is the name of that which is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
@@annettefournier9655 Wheel ?
@@annettefournier9655 Palindrome - well maybe a semi palindrome with anagram tendencies. :)
@annette fournier It's called an "anagram".
@WonderWhatHappened- You are probably correct. I thought "anagram".
I agree with all these, wish ud have included the statue of liberty, as its an amazing engineering feet,thank you
Engineering feat sorry autocorrect😩
Ok, now I need to know how docking systems lead to Lasix...
What about the earth works of Benin?
Crossing the channel tunnel lasts 20 minutes, not 2 houts! The trip that takes 2 hours is Brussels to London on the Eurostar!
Crossing by boat takes 2 hours. Train is 35 minutes
It was clearly stated that London to Paris takes 2 hours via the Channel Tunnel.
Hagia Sophia had not minarets when built, not even bell towers......
More STEM needed.
Love your videos. Disagree with some of the choices. But, well whatever. Brooklyn bridge was first bridge made out of steel.
No, the Eads Bridge in St. Louis was.
My bad. I checked out Eads bridge and according to Wikipedia you are correct. Thanks for,correcting me.
What about the temple in the cliff at kailasa India
Nope, not even a maybe. China has better temples in cliffs.
Hadron collider?
Civ players will be very familiar with these.
I'm surprised the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore wasn't on this list. The Infinity pool on the roof is an engineering marvel. I personally thought the Romans should have been higher on this list just for sheer longevity.
You forgot about The Manhattan Project.
That is deconstruction, not construction
Subtitles are completely out of sync once the mid-video sponsor but starts.
So guys , Wich achievement is more important for mankind: the piramids or the LHC ?
Damn seven comments already
How are the aqueducts not higher they did more for people and the world and are still being used
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Been to Higea Sophpia. Not very welcome.
The Jeddah tower will never be completed
Sobra - Why?
Atheist Orphan because it been on hold for the last two years and it doesn’t look like it will resume anytime soon
It's spelled "Willis" but it's pronounced "Sears."
The greatest is Apollo indeed. But the Great Pyramids of Giza are engineering wonders of their time. We don't even completely understand their construction as of today
We do understand their construction. They could have been constructed using multiple possible ways, even using rudimentary devices and methods, with hundreds of workers over a few decades to a century. It's just that we may not be sure which of the ways they actually used, since the evidence is lost with time. And no -- aliens is not one of them.
A bit ironic that a UA-camr with 1.3MM subscribers didn't include "The Internet" as one of the top ten engineering achievements.
The internet isnt an engineering achievement
@@Iamtheliquor So, it just appeared out of thin air?
What I Ink It wasn’t an ENGINEERING achievement!!!
It was a TECHNOLOGICAL achievement.
The title of the video is Engineering achievements.
Engineering suggest its something that is built.
@@Iamtheliquor That's civil engineering. There is also electrical engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, industrial engineering, etc.
Ireland is not part of the "British Isles"!
This is why its great To be a human!!! :)
Really. The Egyptian pyramids aren’t mentioned?
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Plugging product sponsors is getting laid on a bit thick the past 2 releases! Do you really need Crossout's money? Surely align with sponsors you would actually use. I cant imagine you playing this Simon !
I thought the same thing when he had a War Thunder sponsor lol
No great wall of china ?
The Göta Canal???
Good video but the space station should have been included
What about the large Hadron collider
The Apollo program, deserves first
place. No doubt!
But, that was 50+ years ago. Except
for the Burj Khalifa, nothing else has
made the list since then.
steve
There's plenty of modern stuff that could make the list, particularly in physics investigation, like LIGO or the Large Hadron Collider.
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Imagine what we'll accomplish this century!
Unless it includes planet cleanup and solving global warming, it will be worthless.
Burj Khalifa? Seriously you have no clue about Engineering and Architecture. Why the Egyption Pyramids arent on the list? What about Taj Mahal? Collousium of Rome ?!!!
Hagia sophia.........one day Constantinopol will be Roman again.
Ancient people: *Dedicates their whole lives working their asses off learning from their elders and honing their skills to create a monument of their identity, their achievement, their place in humanity that they will never be accredited to.*
Their descendants: *Shamelessly puts literal garbage in museums with their name on it*
Also: *Aliens*
The Dollar Shave Club Tower- Dubai, UAE
The union pacific railroad might arguably be America’s biggest feat of engineering
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