Topics: Civil Engineering : History
Civil engineering was developed as a discipline around the middle of the 18th century. John Smeaton was the first person to actually call himself a "Civil Engineer". He formed the Smeatonian Society the forerunner of the first engineering society, the Institution of Civil Engineers in England. The term “ Civil “ was used to describe engineering works which were not exclusively military in nature and included the design and building of a range of structures such as roads and bridges, canals, railways, tunnels, water supplies and sewers.The first charter of the Institute of Civil Engineering read as follows:
Canals
This category is for listing sites about the history of canal construction and the engineers that built the canals.
More »
People
This category is for listing sites about individual engineers who have made significant contributions to the history of civil design and construction.
Baird, Nicol Hugh,
Baldwin, Loammi,
Barlow, William Henry,
Barnard, John Gross,
Bazalgette, Joseph,
More »
Roads
This category is for listing sites about the history of road construction and the engineers that built the roads.
Ancient,
More »
Tunnels
This category is for listing sites about the history of tunnel construction and the engineers that built the tunnels.
More »