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New York City Department of Bridges
The New York City Department of Bridges was the municipal agency responsible for the city's bridges from 1898 to 1916, building the Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Queensboro Bridges.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is the agency that supplies over 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to nine million New Yorkers and treats the city's wastewater.
New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic seat of New York City's government in City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan, designed by Mangin and McComb and completed in 1812.
New York City steam system
The New York City steam system is a Con Edison district steam network serving over 1,500 Manhattan buildings, begun in 1882 and the largest in the United States.
New York City water supply system
The New York City water supply system is a network of 19 reservoirs and aqueducts delivering about 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to 9.5 million people.
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a 60-mile drinking water tunnel built beneath New York City since 1970 as a backup for Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2.
New York State Canal System
The New York State Canal System is a 524-mile network of four canals, including the Erie Canal, operated by the New York State Canal Corporation.
New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission
The New York–Pennsylvania Joint Interstate Bridge Commission is an interstate agency that owns and maintains the ten free bridges over the Delaware River between New York and Pennsylvania.
NEWater
NEWater is Singapore's brand of high-grade reclaimed water produced by PUB through a three-stage purification process, introduced in 2002 and meeting about 40% of Singapore's water demand.
Newmark's sliding block method
Newmark's sliding block method is a geotechnical procedure proposed by Nathan M. Newmark in 1965 for estimating the permanent displacement of slopes and embankments during earthquake shaking.
Newport Transporter Bridge
The Newport Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge carrying vehicles and pedestrians by gondola across the River Usk in Newport, Wales, opened in 1906 and the largest surviving example.
Nezahualcoyotl's dike
Nezahualcoyotl's dike, the albarradón of Nezahualcóyotl, was a roughly 16-kilometer barrier built across Lake Texcoco around 1449–1450 by Nezahualcóyotl, ruler of Texcoco, to protect Tenochtitlan from flooding.
NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, is a National Fire Protection Association model code covering life safety in both new and existing buildings, organized by occupancy type.
NIA Valencia
NIA Valencia: the NIA Bukidnon Irrigation Management Office in Bagontaas, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines, managing the Pulangui River Irrigation System and recent canal and flume construction projects.
Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is a bi-national agency operating the three international bridges over the Niagara River between Ontario and New York, created in 1938.
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, also called the International Suspension Bridge, was designed by John A. Roebling and completed in 1855 as the world's first working railway suspension bridge.
Nibutani Dam
Nibutani Dam (二風谷ダム) is a dam on the Saru River in Biratori, Hokkaido, Japan, built on expropriated Ainu land and known for the 1997 Nibutani Dam Decision.
Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project
The Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project was a proposed 275.5 km ship canal across Nicaragua linking the Pacific and Caribbean, granted in 2013 and canceled in 2024.
Nicoll Highway collapse
The Nicoll Highway collapse was a 2004 construction accident in Singapore in which a subway excavation failure brought down part of the highway, killing four workers.
Nicosia Aqueduct
The Nicosia Aqueduct, also called the Silahtar Aqueduct, was an Ottoman conduit that carried water from the mountains north of Nicosia into the walled city, supplying street fountains.
Nidaros Cathedral
Nidaros Cathedral (Nidarosdomen), also known as Trondheim Cathedral, is a medieval Gothic cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, built over the tomb of St. Olav, where Norwegian monarchs are consecrated.
Night soil
Night soil is human excreta collected from privies and dry toilets, historically valued as fertilizer, with an organized urban collection trade dating back to Song dynasty China.
Nijo Castle
Nijo Castle (Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1603 by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, where the shogunate returned power to the Emperor in 1867.
Nikko Toshogu
Nikko Toshogu (日光東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Japan, founded in 1617 as the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu and rebuilt on a grand scale in 1636.
Nile Niami
Nile Niami is an American real estate developer and former independent film producer, best known for building The One, a 105,000-square-foot Bel Air mega-mansion marketed for $500 million.
Nîmes aqueduct
Nîmes aqueduct (aqueduc de Nîmes): Roman gravity aqueduct of about 50 km from the Eure spring at Uzès to Nemausus (Nîmes), built 40–60 AD, famous for the Pont du Gard bridge, in service nearly five centuries.
Ninurta temple (Khorsabad)
Ninurta temple (Khorsabad): one of six palace-terrace temples at Dur-Sharrukin, Sargon II's capital, dedicated to Sin, Shamash, Ningal, Adad, Ninurta, and Ea; once misidentified by Victor Place as a harem.
Nipa hut
The nipa hut, known in Tagalog as bahay kubo and in Visayan as payag, is the traditional Philippine stilt house of bamboo, wood, and nipa thatch.
Nissan Stadium
Nissan Stadium, formerly LP Field and Adelphia Coliseum, is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, opened in 1999 as home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
Nissan Stadium, also known as the International Stadium of Yokohama, is Japan's largest stadium with 72,327 seats. It opened in 1998 and hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.