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George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896) was an American civil engineer from Pittsburgh who built the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals (1858–1928) was an American army officer and civil engineer who directed the Panama Canal's completion and served as first governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the style of the British world from 1714 to 1830, guided by proportion, symmetry, and balance, drawing on classical Greek and Roman models.
Geotechnical investigation
Geotechnical investigation, also called site investigation, explores a site's soil, rock, and groundwater through drilling, in-situ testing, and laboratory testing, producing a geotechnical report that guides foundation design.
Géotechnique
Géotechnique is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering geotechnical engineering, founded in 1948 and published monthly, spanning soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology, and environmental geotechnics.
Geotextile tube
A geotextile tube is a large, elongated container of water-permeable geotextile fabric filled hydraulically with sand or dredged material, used in coastal protection and flood control.
Gerald Desmond Bridge
The Gerald Desmond Bridge was a steel-truss through-arch highway bridge in Long Beach, California, opened in 1968 and replaced in 2020 by the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.
Germania (city)
Germania, fully Welthauptstadt Germania, was the planned rebuilding of Berlin as capital of a Nazi world empire, designed by Albert Speer from 1937 and never realized.
Germicidal lamp
A germicidal lamp is an ultraviolet light source, usually a low-pressure mercury-vapor lamp emitting 253.7 nm UV-C, that inactivates bacteria, viruses, and protozoa in water, air, and surface disinfection.
Gerrit Rietveld
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) was a Dutch furniture maker and architect of the De Stijl movement, known for the Red and Blue Chair and the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht.
Gezhouba Dam
Gezhouba Dam (葛洲坝) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River at Yichang, Hubei, China, built starting in 1970 as the test dam for the Three Gorges project.
Gezira Scheme (مشروع الجزيرة)
The Gezira Scheme (مشروع الجزيرة) is a large irrigation scheme for cotton and food crops on the plain between the Blue Nile and White Nile, inaugurated in 1924.
Ghazipur landfill
The Ghazipur landfill is a municipal solid waste dumpsite in East Delhi, India, operating since 1984. It exceeded its design capacity in 2002 and stands about 65 meters high.
Giant Sea Wall Jakarta
The Giant Sea Wall Jakarta (Tanggul Laut Raksasa) is a proposed seawall closing Jakarta Bay to protect Indonesia's sinking capital from coastal flooding and rising seas.
Gilgel Gibe III Dam
Gilgel Gibe III Dam, also known as Gibe III, is a 250 m roller-compacted concrete dam and 1,870 MW hydroelectric plant on Ethiopia's Omo River.
Gingee Fort (செஞ்சிக் கோட்டை)
Gingee Fort (செஞ்சிக் கோட்டை), also called Senji Fort, is a hill fort in Tamil Nadu, India, spanning three hills and walls about 13 km long.
Girder
A girder is a large horizontal structural member of steel, concrete, or timber that bears heavy vertical loads; beams and joists frame into girders, which connect into columns.
Girder bridge
A girder bridge is a bridge whose deck slab is carried on beams called girders, the simplest bridge type, with steel girders shaped as I-sections or boxes.
Girih
Girih (Persian for "knot") is a system of interlaced geometric strapwork used in Islamic architecture and decorative arts, concentrated in Iran and Central Asia from the 8th century onward.
Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is a castle in Angus, Scotland, north of Dundee, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Strathmore since 1372 and childhood home of the Queen Mother.
Glanum dam
Glanum dam, also called the Vallon de Baume or Peirou dam, a Roman arch dam of the first century BC near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France; the oldest known arch dam, feeding a 500 m aqueduct that supplied Glanum's triumphal fountain and baths.
Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers, also known as Glasgow City Council Chambers, is the headquarters of Glasgow City Council on George Square, opened by Queen Victoria in 1888.
Glass fiber reinforced concrete
Glass fiber reinforced concrete, also called GRC, is a cementitious composite in which alkali-resistant glass fibers are dispersed in fine mortar, producing thin, strong, lightweight cladding panels and architectural elements.
Glass House
The Glass House, also known as the Philip Johnson Glass House, is a glass-and-steel residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect Philip Johnson and completed in 1949.
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey, also known as Glastonbury Cathedral, is a ruined medieval Benedictine monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, renowned as the legendary burial place of King Arthur, dissolved in 1539.
Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a 710-foot-high concrete-arch dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that impounds Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the United States.
Glenda (tunnel boring machine)
Glenda is the name given to a tunnel boring machine, following the tunnelling tradition of naming such machines after women, though no published record verifies her project or fate.
Glendalough
Glendalough (gleann dá locha, glen of the two lakes) is a Wicklow valley holding an early medieval Irish monastery founded by St Kevin in the late 6th century, with round tower, gatehouse, and seven churches.
Glenfinnan Viaduct
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a curved 21-arch concrete railway viaduct in the Scottish Highlands, built from 1897 to 1901 and known for Harry Potter films.
Gleno Dam
The Gleno Dam was a multiple-arch dam in Lombardy, Italy, built between 1916 and 1923, whose collapse in December 1923 killed at least 356 people.