History & Heritage
Look around and you'll see the achievements of civil engineers everywhere. How did they come to be? What are the greatest examples of these? Who made them possible? Explore civil engineering's deep and rich history and heritage.
![5 things you didn’t know about Vancouver’s mapping of North America](jpg/vancouvers%20map%20web%20vert496e.jpg)
Here are five things you didn’t know about George Vancouver and his mapping of the western coast of North America.
![5 things you didn’t know about railroad surveying](jpg/engineer%20camp%20web%20feat91d4.jpg)
Surveying has been around for millennia, but it changed in the 19th century with the increased demands of civil engineering projects such as canals and railroads.
![Visitors center underway for Scottish Highlands castle](jpg/gb1796_1999_116_076%20copy%20resizedb225.jpg)
A redevelopment of Inverness Castle takes inspiration from the Scottish flag.
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The versatility of cast and wrought iron explained.
![5 things you didn’t know about James Eads and his South Pass Navigation Works](jpg/james%20eads%20web%20vertbbd5.jpg)
The South Pass Jetties, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, was designated an ASCE landmark in 1982.
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![David McCullough, a distinguished member for acclaimed histories of civil engineering achievements, dies at 89](jpg/asce%20shield%20logo4f89.jpg)
David McCullough, Dist.M.ASCE, one of the nation’s most celebrated historians, whose books on the Brooklyn Bridge and Panama Canal earned him ASCE’s honorary member status (now distinguished member), has died.
![5 things you didn’t know about the Erie Canal](jpg/erie%20canal%20locks%20web%20feat5ad3.jpg)
The Erie Canal was designated an ASCE landmark in 1967. Here are five things you didn’t know about the Erie Canal.
![Celebrate time-honored civil engineering projects](jpg/working%20for%20you%20logo7edf.jpg)
Civil engineers play a vital role in shaping history through the structures they build. Through ASCE’s Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks program, we honor notable projects, structures, and sites more than 50 years old.
![5 things you didn't know about Grenville Mellen Dodge](jpg/grenville%20dodge%20web%20feat7814.jpg)
Get to know Grenville Mellon Dodge, engineering immortal.
![Former gun factory in upstate New York mixes history and engineering](jpg/32%20top%20history%20lsson315c.jpg)
The Watervliet Arsenal pioneered the use of prefabricated cast-iron construction.