Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

panama canal

Great Eastern at Heart's Content, July 1866
Career
Builder:	J. Scott Russell & Co., Millwall
Laid down:	1 May 1854
Launched:	31 January 1858
Fate:	Broken up 1889-90
General characteristics
Tonnage:	18,915 grt
Displacement:	32,160 tons
Length:	692 ft (211 m)
Beam:	82 ft (25 m)
Propulsion:	Four steam engines for the paddles and an additional engine for the propeller. Total power was estimated at 8,000 hp (6.0 MW)
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity:	4,000 passengers
Complement: 4 Brooklyn Bridge Carries Motor vehicles (cars only) Elevated trains (until 1944) Streetcars (until 1950) Pedestrians, and bicycles Crosses East River Locale New York City (Manhattan–Brooklyn) Maintained by New York City Department of Transportation Designer John Augustus Roebling Design Suspension/Cable-stay Hybrid Total length 5,989 feet (1825 m) Width 85 feet (26 m) Longest span 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m) Clearance below 135 feet (41 m) at mid-span Opened May 24, 1883; 128 years ago Toll Free both ways Daily traffic 123,781 (2008)							Bell Rock Lighthouse Bell Rock Lighthouse with reef just visible Location Inchcape, offshore from Arbroath, Scotland, United Kingdom Year first constructed 1807-1810 Year first lit 1811 Automated 1988 Foundation Aberdeen granite Construction Aberdeen granite Tower shape Conical Markings / pattern White tower with brown band at the base Height 35.3 m Focal height 28 m Intensity 1,900,000 cd Range 55 km Characteristic Fl. 5 s Admiralty number A3108 ARLHS number SCO-020