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Glienicke Bridge
The Glienicke Bridge (Glienicker Brücke) is a steel bridge over the Havel between Berlin and Potsdam, known as the "Bridge of Spies" for three Cold War agent exchanges.
Glines Canyon Dam
Glines Canyon Dam, also known as the Glines Canyon Hydroelectric Power Plant, was a 210-foot concrete arch dam on Washington's Elwha River, built in 1927 and removed by 2014.
Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) is a voluntary standard for safe mine tailings management, launched in 2020 after the Brumadinho dam collapse.
Global Navigation Satellite System surveying
GNSS surveying is the use of satellite navigation signals from GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo, received by survey-grade equipment, to determine precise coordinates for control and mapping.
Global Vipassana Pagoda
The Global Vipassana Pagoda, also known as the Global Pagoda, is a stone monument in Gorai, Mumbai, inaugurated in 2009, built for Vipassana meditation and enshrining Buddha relics.
Global Water Resources, Inc.
Global Water Resources, Inc. is an American pure-play water resource management company operating regulated water, wastewater, and recycled water utilities around Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, listed on NASDAQ as GWRS.
Glossary of civil engineering
A glossary of civil engineering is a controlled collection of defined terms used in the design, construction, and maintenance of built infrastructure, serving engineers, contractors, and lawyers.
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral, formerly the Abbey of St Peter, is the Church of England cathedral of Gloucester, known for its Perpendicular Gothic architecture, its cloister's earliest fan vaulting, and the tomb of King Edward II.
Glued laminated timber
Glued laminated timber, commonly called glulam, is an engineered structural wood product made by bonding lumber with adhesives, patented in 1906 and used in beams, arches, and bridges.
Go Between Bridge
The Go Between Bridge is a four-lane tolled bridge across the Brisbane River between Milton and South Brisbane, Australia, opened to traffic in July 2010.
Gobarau Minaret
The Gobarau Minaret (also spelled Gobirau, known locally as Hasumiyya) is a mud-brick minaret in Katsina, Nigeria, built as part of an early mosque and Islamic university.
Godavari Arch Bridge
The Godavari Arch Bridge, also called the Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge, is a prestressed concrete bowstring railway bridge over the Godavari River at Rajahmundry, India, opened in 1997.
Goethals Bridge
The Goethals Bridge is a twin-span cable-stayed toll bridge operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, carrying Interstate 278 between Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Staten Island.
Goethe House (Frankfurt)
The Goethe House in Frankfurt am Main is the birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born there in 1749, destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt by 1951.
Golconda (గోల్కొండ)
Golconda (गोल्को), also known as Golkonda, is a ruined fortress city located in Hyderabad, India, serving as the Qutb-Shahi capital until 1687 and known for its diamonds.
Golden Ears Bridge
The Golden Ears Bridge is a six-lane road bridge over the Fraser River connecting Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows with Langley and Surrey in British Columbia, opened in 2009.
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate Strait connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California; opened in 1937, its 4,200-foot main span was the world's longest.
Golden Temple
The Golden Temple, formally Sri Harmandir Sahib, is the principal holy site of Sikhism, a gurdwara in Amritsar, Punjab, India, gilded in 1803 under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Goldeneye (estate)
Goldeneye is an estate in Oracabessa Bay on Jamaica's north coast, built by Ian Fleming in 1946, where he wrote all 14 of his James Bond novels.
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, also known as the Golden Pipeline, pumps water 560 kilometers from Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Designed by C. Y. O'Connor, it opened in 1903.
Goldin Finance 117 (高银金融117)
Goldin Finance 117, also known as Tianjin 117, is a 596.6-meter supertall skyscraper in Tianjin, China, topped out in 2015 and due for completion in 2027.
Göltzsch Viaduct
The Göltzsch Viaduct (German: Göltzschtalbrücke) is a brick railway viaduct in the Vogtland region of Saxony, Germany, the largest brick-built bridge in the world at 574 m long and 78 m high.
Gomal Zam Dam
Gomal Zam Dam is a roller-compacted concrete dam on the Gomal River in South Waziristan, Pakistan, completed in 2013 for irrigation, flood control, and 17.4 MW of power.
Gooderham Building
Gooderham Building, also called Toronto's Flatiron Building, is a five-storey wedge-shaped 1891/1892 red-brick office building at 49 Wellington Street East, designed by David Roberts Jr. for George Gooderham, with a 1980 Besant mural and historic Otis elevator.
Googie architecture
Googie architecture is a Space Age style of roadside commercial building, marked by upswept roofs, glass walls, and starburst neon signs, that flourished in Southern California from about 1945 to 1970.
Gopuram
A gopuram, also spelled gopura, is the ornate entrance gateway tower of a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architecture of South India and Sri Lanka.
Gorakhnath Math (गोरखनाथ मठ)
Gorakhnath Math, also called Gorakhnath Temple, is a Hindu temple and monastery of the Nath order in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the site where the yogi Gorakhnath is believed to have meditated.
Gordie Howe International Bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, also called the New International Trade Crossing, is a six-lane cable-stayed bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, Michigan, opened to traffic in July 2026.
Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon)
The Gordon House is a Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957 for Conrad and Evelyn Gordon, completed in 1964 and the only Wright building in Oregon.
Goryeo architecture
Goryeo architecture is the building tradition of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), centered on palace and Buddhist temple construction; wars destroyed most work, leaving chiefly temple halls.