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First US diesel-powered, stainless-steel streamlined train. 1934 Chicago: Illinois United States ASME brochure: 59: 1981 Chestnut Street Pumping Engine. Typical US municipal steam water-pumping engine of the late 19th century and early 20th century. 1913 Erie: Pennsylvania United States No ASME brochure available 60: 1981 Holt Caterpillar Tractor
The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure 7.21 metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in) diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II (reigned c. 375–415 CE), and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India.
Completed in 1891 in recent years it has been beset by rust and corrosion. It was listed in the 1998 World Monuments Watch List of Most Endangered Sites. Biertan, Romania. 13th Century Saxon villages in Transylvania were constantly under the threat of Ottoman and Tatar invasions and built fortifications centred around their churches.
Derveni krater, bronze, 350 BC, height: 90.5 cm (35 1 ⁄ 2 in.), Inv. B1, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, after cleaning and conservation. Conservation and restoration of metals is the activity devoted to the protection and preservation of historical (religious, artistic, technical and ethnographic) and archaeological objects made partly or entirely of metal.
Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture.Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides (Fe 2 O 3 ·nH 2 O) and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH), Fe(OH) 3), and is typically associated with the corrosion of refined iron.
Monument Canyon runs the width of the park and includes rock formations formed by erosion. The monument covers semi-desert land high on the Colorado Plateau and has a wide range of wildlife including pinyon pines, juniper trees, ravens, jays, desert bighorn sheep, and coyotes as well as a range of recreational activities. [72] Craters of the ...
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.
Pages in category "Types of monuments and memorials" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.