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Pulteney Bridge
Pulteney Bridge is a shop-lined stone bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England, designed by Robert Adam and built between 1769 and 1774 for William Johnstone Pulteney.
Pumping station
A pumping station, also called a pump station or pump house, houses pumps that move water, sewage, or other liquids between elevations or pressure zones.
Punakha Suspension Bridge
The Punakha Suspension Bridge is a pedestrian footbridge crossing the Pho Chhu river below Punakha Dzong in Bhutan, built in 1994 and described as the country's longest suspension bridge.
Punch list
A punch list is an itemized list of mostly minor fixes to complete before final payment on a construction project, also called a snag list.
Punjab Canal Colonies
The Punjab Canal Colonies were British state-run schemes that irrigated wasteland in western Punjab and allotted it to peasant colonists, with nine colonies built between 1885 and 1940.
Puquios
Puquios, from Quechua pukyu meaning spring, are subterranean filtration galleries in the Nasca valleys of southern Peru that tap the water table and still irrigate fields today.
Purana Qila
Purana Qila, the Old Fort, is a 16th-century citadel in New Delhi begun by Humayun as his capital Dinpanah in 1533 and rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri.
Purified water
Purified water, also called DI water or pure water, is water from any source treated to remove chemicals, dissolved solids, and microbes to a defined standard.
Purlin
A purlin is a horizontal structural member in a roof, parallel to the ridge and eaves, that provides intermediate support to rafters or roof sheeting.
Pursuit (company)
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, doing business as Pursuit and formerly Viad Corporation, is a Denver-based operator of sightseeing attractions and hospitality, with 2025 revenue of $452.4 million.
Pushover analysis
Pushover analysis is a nonlinear static procedure in earthquake engineering that pushes a structural model with increasing lateral loads to estimate seismic capacity and failure sequence.
Putin's Palace
Putin's Palace, or the Residence at Cape Idokopas, is an Italianate residence on Russia's Black Sea coast that has been the subject of public speculation regarding its ownership.
Putty
Putty is a dough-like cement of powdered chalk (whiting) and linseed oil, used to bed and seal glass panes in window frames and to fill holes in woodwork.
Puuc style
The Puuc style is a style of ancient Maya architecture from the Puuc hills of Yucatán, Mexico, known for stone-mosaic facades decorated with masks of the rain god Chaac.
Pyrmont Bridge
Pyrmont Bridge is an electric swing bridge of 1902 crossing Darling Harbour in Sydney, designed by Percy Allan and one of the world's oldest surviving electrically operated swing bridges.
Q'eswachaka Bridge
Q'eswachaka is a rope suspension bridge over the Apurímac River in Cusco, Peru, rebuilt each year with plant fiber using Inca techniques, recognized by UNESCO in 2013.
Q1 (building)
Q1, short for Queensland Number One, is a 322.5-meter residential skyscraper in Surfers Paradise on Australia's Gold Coast, completed in 2005 and the tallest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere.
Qanat
A qanat (قنات), also called karez, is a gently sloping underground canal of ancient Iranian origin that taps an aquifer and carries water by gravity alone.
Quabbin Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir is a man-made drinking water reservoir in central Massachusetts, formed by damming the Swift River Valley between 1939 and 1946 to supply metropolitan Boston.
Quantity surveying
Quantity surveying is the construction profession concerned with measuring building work and managing costs, practiced by quantity surveyors on behalf of contractors and building owners.
Quantity surveyor
A quantity surveyor (QS) is a construction professional who manages the costs and contracts of building projects, from feasibility estimates through tendering and construction to the final account.
Quay wall
A quay wall is a vertical waterfront retaining structure along which ships berth, retaining the ground behind a berth line so cargo and passengers can be loaded and discharged.
Quba Mosque (مسجد قباء)
Quba Mosque (مسجد قباء) is a mosque in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, built by Prophet Muhammad in 622 CE and regarded as the first mosque in Islam.
Quebec Bridge
The Quebec Bridge (Pont de Québec) is a steel cantilever bridge carrying road, rail, and pedestrian traffic across the St. Lawrence River between Québec City and Lévis, completed in 1917.
Queen Anne style architecture
Queen Anne style architecture is a late 19th-century revival style, begun in England in the 1860s and dominant in American house design from about 1880 to 1900.
Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
Queen Anne style architecture in the United States is an eclectic Victorian house style, popular from about 1880 to 1910, with asymmetrical facades, porches, and corner towers.
Queen's House
Queen's House, Greenwich: Inigo Jones's 1616-1635 Palladian royal villa for Anne of Denmark and Henrietta Maria, first classical building in Britain, now a free National Maritime Museum gallery.
Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a double-deck cantilever bridge opened in 1909 that carries 59th Street between Manhattan and Queens.
Queensferry Crossing
The Queensferry Crossing, also known as the Second Forth Road Bridge, is a three-tower cable-stayed road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland, opened in 2017.
Quiggly hole
A quiggly hole, also known as a kekuli, is the depression left in the ground by a semi-subterranean pithouse, the traditional winter dwelling of Indigenous peoples of interior British Columbia.