cressida Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Which seven wonders of the world would you choose, from the 19th century onwards? Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur Eiffel Tower Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil Oresund Bridge in Sweden give me some more...... Edited July 12, 2015 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Three gorges dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 There was a TV program about 10 years ago where they discussed the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. It was a docudrama with each episode showing the struggle that surrounded the building of each "wonder". Their list comprised of: SS Great Eastern Bell Rock Lighthouse Brooklyn Bridge London sewerage system First Transcontinental Railroad Panama Canal Hoover Dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I think the London Shard is a beautiful building, and that motorway bridge that looks to be miles up in the air, - don't know what it's called but it looks amazing, and a rare feat of engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sheffield should aim to have one of the Wonders of the Modern World. At least one, if not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Sheffield should aim to have one of the Wonders of the Modern World. At least one, if not more. So that people like you can criticise it for a waste of taxpayers' money when it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 There was a TV program about 10 years ago where they discussed the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. It was a docudrama with each episode showing the struggle that surrounded the building of each "wonder". Their list comprised of: SS Great Eastern Bell Rock Lighthouse Brooklyn Bridge London sewerage system First Transcontinental Railroad Panama Canal Hoover Dam A typical Anglicised list. Most of these were preceded or far superceded elsewhere. A modern list should include things like the Suez Canal (Much older than the Panama), London underground (first in the world), the Three Gorges Dam (unrivalled in scale), de Ijsselmeer/Flevoland region (largest reclaimed land project in the world), Dubai, the Oresund bridge and so on. And even then we are likely forgetting dozens of candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 A typical Anglicised list. Most of these were preceded or far superceded elsewhere. A modern list should include things like the Suez Canal (Much older than the Panama), London underground (first in the world), the Three Gorges Dam (unrivalled in scale), de Ijsselmeer/Flevoland region (largest reclaimed land project in the world), Dubai, the Oresund bridge and so on. And even then we are likely forgetting dozens of candidates. As time goes on, of course things are going to be superseded, that's the nature of progress With things like the Panama Canal, much of the program was spent looking at the challenges that arose whilst making them. For example major discoveries on combating tropical diseases were made, without which it would have been impossible to build, remember the French gave up trying to build build a canal through Panama after it cost them over 20 thousand lives around 15 years earlier. The first modern sewage system again saved countless lives, and it made living a a city desirable, it was a far larger step forward for metropolitan life than the underground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 CERN's Large Hadron Collider (all 27 kilometres of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Sheffield should aim to have one of the Wonders of the Modern World. At least one, if not more. Well you could always embellish the Wicker Arches;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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