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Tour the Projects: See the building of: The Hoover Dam, Mississippi Levees, The First Utility, Bridges of NYC, Boston's Big Dig
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Interviews: Learn how America's engineering feats were accomplished
Test Your Knowledge: Take the Great Projects quiz
Student Resources: Access the best engineering schools, scholarship info, and bibliographies


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 Great Projects: The Building of America

Take the 'Great Projects' Quiz

A ten-question quiz to get you thinking about the science and background of America's great feats of engineering

Mississippi levees

Question 1: A common disaster of the early 1800s was described like this: "A sudden wrench, the rush of sucking water, a clanging of bells, terrified screams, and the current would sweep over another tragedy." What disaster was it?

An ocean liner crashing into an iceberg
A canal overflowing
A steamboat hitting a submerged tree trunk
A dam bursting

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