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Built in America 
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 t
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
Civil Engineering and Public Works. 
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.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGL5111
Construction History Society 
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.
http://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/
Cruquius Site 
Group of volunteers restoring and maintaining one of the pumping stations which drained the Haarlemmermeer. Site describes the history, the technology, and the restoration.
http://www.cruquiusmuseum.nl/
History and Heritage of Civil Engineering 
Features landmark projects, notable engineers, image library and resources guide. Provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
http://www.asce.org/history/hp_main.html
Pocket-Book for Railroad and Civil Engineers 
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
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS1974
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