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This is a list of notable Industrial heritage sites throughout the world that have been inscribed on "top tier" heritage lists, including the UNESCO World Heritage List, [1] Grade I listed buildings (England and Wales), Category A listed buildings (Scotland), Grade A listed buildings (Northern Ireland), National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Landmarks (USA), etc.
Seventeen colossal heads have been unearthed in the Olmec area, four of them at La Venta, officially named Monuments 1 through 4. Three of the heads—Monuments 2, 3, and 4—were found roughly 150 meters north of Complex A, which is itself just north of the Great Pyramid. These heads were in a slightly irregular row, facing north.
The bridge passes over an oil refinery (originally owned by Gulf Oil, then by Sun Oil, now by Philadelphia Energy Solutions). Fires at the refinery have several times imperiled the bridge and even closed it for several hours during the 1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire. On August 17, a fire began in a tank to the northeast of the bridge that ...
Humboldt Refinery: August 3, 2001: Masonic Hall, Plumer Village along PA 227 outside Oil City: Roadside Business & Industry, Invention, Oil & Gas Jacob J. Vandergrift: August 3, 2001: Justus Park, Oil City
The simplest test of this is whether the building or structure has its own article page. Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types—tangible and intangible heritage . The former includes built heritage such as religious buildings, museums, monuments, and archaeological sites, as well as movable heritage such as works of art and ...
Ming dynasty-era Zhenhai Bridge destroyed by torrential floodwaters during the 2020 China floods, which were significantly exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change.. This is a list of significant natural or man-made landmarks that have been destroyed or damaged as a direct result or byproduct of anthropogenic climate change, such as by increased sea levels, exceptional rainfall or 100-year ...
The William Ross Rust House is a house in Tacoma, Washington, United States, built in 1905 for William Ross Rust, then President of the Tacoma Smelter and Refining Company. That same year the Tacoma Smelter was acquired by ASARCO , which was controlled by the Guggenheim family .
The Golden Driller is a 76-foot-tall (23 m), 43,500-pound (19,700 kg) [1] statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, depicting an oil worker. The structure is a steel frame covered with concrete and plaster. [ 2 ] It is the seventh-tallest statue in the United States and has been located in front of the Tulsa Expo Center since 1966.