Engineering Marvels

SeatownNative

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces Q1: Do you prefer ancient or modern Engineering Marvels or both? Share a favourite of each category! via
@postcardsplaces
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A2: I do like older achievements because of what it took to pull them off. Such as these massive suspension bridges in #Nepal

DrNeilMatthews

A2: the Great Wheel at Laxey, Isle of Man. Built in 1854 to pump water from the Glen Mooar part of the Great Laxey Mines industrial complex. At one point, this mine produced more zinc than every other mine in Britain combined. #IndustrialHeritage @postcardsplaces #TRLT

HeidiSiefkas

A2: Along Japan's #KumanoKodo is more about yourself and nature, the torii and shrines were amazing. via @postcardsplaces #TRLT #traveltuesday

BradtGuides

A2: Editor Laura travelled by rail in Scotland earlier this summer just so she could cross the epic Forth Bridge. And what an engineering masterpiece it is 😍 #TRLT

ScenicRail

RT @BradtGuides: A2: Editor Laura travelled by rail in Scotland earlier this summer just so she could cross the epic Forth Bridge. And what…

aok_NW

A2 #TRLT When I was in Singapore, I took a couple of days to go up to Malaysia to see the Petronas Towers. I first saw a picture in the paper when they opened & thought at the time, I’ll never see it. 20 years later I made it.

BradtGuides

RT @DrNeilMatthews: A2: the Great Wheel at Laxey, Isle of Man. Built in 1854 to pump water from the Glen Mooar part of the Great Laxey Mine…

travelhistory1

A2: I went to Ephesus, Turkey to see the Library of Celsus. #TRLT https://t.co/ItIihPHuim

UZAmbassador

A2 Tashkent TV Tower is an engineering masterpiece. When it was built it was the 4th tallest building in the world, & its structure is designed to flex in the case of an earthquake. #TRLT

BradtGuides

A2: Does the Burana Tower count as an engineering marvel? It was a true highlight of Carys's trip to Kyrgyzstan, particularly given that it is one of Central Asia's oldest architectural constructions. It has truly stood the test of time! #TRLT

RTWBarefoot

RT @BradtGuides: A2: Does the Burana Tower count as an engineering marvel? It was a true highlight of Carys's trip to Kyrgyzstan, particula…

CharlesMcCool

replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @postcardsplaces A2 I loved flying above @theouterbanks in an open cockpit biplane. Made me feel like the Wright Brothers. Well, a tiny bit. #travel #funness #TRLT

Ken_Budd

A2: A tour guide told me that structural engineers come to see this three-story spiral staircase at the Nathaniel Russell house in Charleston, SC. No supports, no nails. #TRLT

SeatownNative

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces Q2: Please share a photo of an Engineering Marvel have you travelled specifically to see. via @postcardsplaces #TRLT

A2: Definitely travelled to see this in person: Angkor Wat in #cambodia

DrNeilMatthews

replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @postcardsplaces A2: we (and many others) can explore Tintagel Castle in Cornwall fully, thanks to a new bridge with a two-part cantilever design which opened in 2019, allowing access from the mainland to the headland. It's a remarkable, dramatic site, where legends say King Arthur was born #TRLT

ShebsAlom

A2: This beauty in Montreal I travelled to go and see #TRLT

ConciergeQ

A2. @TitanicBelfast! Cost: £101 million. A 12,000 square metre, high-tech maritime visitor attraction with amazing views of Belfast, Ireland! #TRLT photos: outside and interior

HeidiSiefkas

RT @DrNeilMatthews: @HeidiSiefkas @postcardsplaces A2: we (and many others) can explore Tintagel Castle in Cornwall fully, thanks to a new…

BradtGuides

RT @UZAmbassador: A2 Tashkent TV Tower is an engineering masterpiece. When it was built it was the 4th tallest building in the world, & its…

BradtGuides

A2: Another highlight of Laura's trip to Scotland was Neptune's Staircase on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford, this amazing feat of engineering is the longest staircase lock in Scotland & raises the canal by 19m over a quarter of a mile of continuous masonry! #TRLT

RCMtalks

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2: Hard to limit to just one and they're all pretty cliche, but there's a reason for it. Despite being desperate to go the Taj Mahal, Ayia Sofia, Machu Picchu and Petra, I was still in awe #TRLT

HeidiSiefkas

replying to @CharlesMcCool @CharlesMcCool @postcardsplaces @theouterbanks @TheTravelCamel @FunInFairfax @LindaPeters64 @JLipowski @Touchse @pip_says A2 Nice! I had the opp to do it as a kid. My neighbor had an open cockpit biplane. It was cool seeing my farm from the air. #TRLT #traveltuesday

Expat_in_Europa

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2: not very old but the Chureito Pagoda in Japan. Flew from the east coast of the US just for the view of it and Mount Fuji #TRLT

TheTravelCamel

RT @RCMtalks: @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2: Hard to limit to just one and they're all pretty cliche, but there's a reason for it. De…

t_jh2009

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2) Not only did I travel to Panama to see the canal, I took a boat ride through it. #TRLT

StuartMHurlbut

replying to @TheTravelCamel @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2 #TRLT

TheTravelCamel

RT @Expat_in_Europa: @TheTravelCamel @postcardsplaces A2: not very old but the Chureito Pagoda in Japan. Flew from the east coast of the US…

TheTravelCamel

RT @BradtGuides: A2: Does the Burana Tower count as an engineering marvel? It was a true highlight of Carys's trip to Kyrgyzstan, particula…

SyedSharifAhma2

RT @UZAmbassador: A2 Tashkent TV Tower is an engineering masterpiece. When it was built it was the 4th tallest building in the world, & its…

StripeyMiata

replying to @HeidiSiefkas @HeidiSiefkas @postcardsplaces A2 I guess surving an atomic bomb that exploded almost right above it would count as an engineering marvel.

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