9 Greatest Feats of Human Engineering

Bangalore: Humans are known to be great artists, and their artistic works are seen through ages. Painters, artists, musicians and engineers are all creative people who have made a mark in the world trough their art. Engineers are people whom we owe a lot as they make the world look much better and neat. With different creations of buildings, monuments and other things, man have evolved gradually making the most use of things around has even made a monument which can be seen from the moon. Here are the 10 best pieces of human engineering from the ancient Egyptian Pyramids to the recent stunning Burj Khalifa and many more.

Three Gorges Dam

This is a hydroelectric dam located in Yichang, Hubei province of China. Its construction began in December 14, 1994 and is owned by China Yangtze Power (subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation). This dam flooded some of the prominent cultural and archaeological site and also displaced around 1.3 million people. It is 2,335 meters (7,661 ft) long and the top of the dam is 185 meters (607 ft) above sea level. The manufacturing cost of this dam is estimated to be US $26 billion.