Personal,most iconic piece of engineering.

[no-worries88]

Had this discussion with my father in Plymouth the other week, What do you consider to be the most iconic piece of engineering? However big or small.
Include pictures so i dont have to google stuff ive never heard of




Yet again,grammar police sod off,i know its not my strong point.

[no-worries88]

This is what i decided on BTW

Edited by no-worries88 on Tuesday 6th July 01:32

[Mr Dave]

no-worries88 said:

This is what i decided on BTW

Correct answer, but not the two seater.

[no-worries88]

Mr Dave said:

no-worries88 said:

This is what i decided on BTW

Correct answer, but not the two seater.

What 2 seater?

[Mazda Baiter]

The Cosworth DFV engine. 400hp from 3 litres in 1967, by 1970 they were pushing 500hp. Incredible. For the time it was lightyears ahead of the competition.

It helps that I met Keith Duckworth, Mike Costin and Ben Rood and had a chat with Keith about the design.

[deevlash]

[sebhaque]

[isee]

sebhaque said:

ooooh! that looks so luxurious!

[petrolsniffer]

[neil_bolton]

petrolsniffer said:

This x infinity.

My grandparents were engineers on the Concorde development all those years ago at BAC. makes me well up whenever I see Concorde as they passed away last year.

[physprof]

The first transistor of Bardeen Brattain & Shockley. You'd not be on the interweb without it.

[300bhp/ton]

This is pretty impressive:



As are these:

[Reload]

Pont du Gard. Absolutely amazing considering the period it was built. Well worth the trip if you ever get the chance.

[tuffer]

This is a personal favorite because it leads to Cornwall and home but anything by Brunel is cool:


This currently floats my boat, the curve of the wing roots on an A380 from the rear:

[dilbert]

physprof said:

The first transistor of Bardeen Brattain & Shockley. You'd not be on the interweb without it.

Whenever I see that picture, I wonder if it's genuine. What I can never figure is how they managed to produce something quite that crusty.

[glazbagun]

For me, work of many:




Work of few- Harrisons H4 from 1761, though I'm not sure it should be counted as engineering so much as craftsmanship, later chronometers being of better design:

[The Wookie]

[LuS1fer]

Alhambra Palace in Granada.





A whole series of palaces, every surface decorated and incredible engineering featrs involved in dams, tunnels and overflows to ensure a constant supply of water despite being on top of a hill.

[jon-]

I raise you



or even



(shot by our own rasputin

Edited by jon- on Tuesday 6th July 09:13

[Snoop Bagg]

I'm a little biased being Manx and all, but at over 150 years old it's still the oldest working water wheel.