Submissions from practical.engineering

		California's Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath (practical.engineering)
		4 points by LorenDB 29 days ago \| past
		Why Are There No Short Arch Dams? (practical.engineering)
		1 point by chmaynard 42 days ago \| past
		The Hidden Engineering of Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers (practical.engineering)
		61 points by chmaynard 77 days ago \| past \| 16 comments
		Why are smokestacks so tall? (practical.engineering)
		195 points by azeemba 3 months ago \| past \| 46 comments
		Why Are Smokestacks So Tall? (practical.engineering)
		4 points by chmaynard 3 months ago \| past
		The Most Implausible Tunneling Method (practical.engineering)
		7 points by impish9208 4 months ago \| past
		When Abandoned Mines Collapse (practical.engineering)
		228 points by impish9208 4 months ago \| past \| 79 comments
		When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe (practical.engineering)
		17 points by chmaynard 5 months ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly? (practical.engineering)
		6 points by impish9208 5 months ago \| past \| 2 comments
		This Bridge's Design Nearly Caused It to Collapse (practical.engineering)
		3 points by impish9208 6 months ago \| past
		All Dams Are Temporary (practical.engineering)
		4 points by impish9208 6 months ago \| past
		An Engineer's Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges (practical.engineering)
		4 points by chmaynard 7 months ago \| past
		What's Inside a Manhole? (practical.engineering)
		2 points by impish9208 7 months ago \| past
		What's Inside a Manhole? (practical.engineering)
		2 points by throw0101a 7 months ago \| past
		Why Are the Dutch So Famous for Waterworks? (practical.engineering)
		4 points by throw0101c 7 months ago \| past
		The engineering behind the San Antonio River Walk (practical.engineering)
		197 points by impish9208 8 months ago \| past \| 49 comments
		The Engineering of Wildlife Crossings (practical.engineering)
		61 points by impish9208 9 months ago \| past \| 6 comments
		What's the Deal with Base Plates? (practical.engineering)
		1 point by impish9208 9 months ago \| past
		What's the Deal with Base Plates? (practical.engineering)
		3 points by throw0101d 9 months ago \| past
		Which power plant does my electricity come from? (practical.engineering)
		201 points by impish9208 10 months ago \| past \| 116 comments
		Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That? (practical.engineering)
		35 points by matricaria 10 months ago \| past \| 1 comment
		The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure (practical.engineering)
		4 points by impish9208 11 months ago \| past
		Is the world really running out of sand? (practical.engineering)
		514 points by chmaynard 11 months ago \| past \| 209 comments
		When Infrastructure Gets Hacked (practical.engineering)
		1 point by impish9208 12 months ago \| past
		When Infrastructure Gets Hacked (practical.engineering)
		7 points by matricaria 12 months ago \| past \| 1 comment
		The Engineering of Landfills (practical.engineering)
		521 points by impish9208 on Sept 3, 2024 \| past \| 324 comments
		Why are Texas interchanges so tall? (practical.engineering)
		211 points by impish9208 on Aug 20, 2024 \| past \| 333 comments
		How French Drains Work (practical.engineering)
		755 points by chmaynard on Aug 6, 2024 \| past \| 209 comments
		How Railroad Crossings Work (practical.engineering)
		1 point by hggh on July 3, 2024 \| past
		Why Bridges Don't Sink (practical.engineering)
		358 points by chmaynard on July 2, 2024 \| past \| 114 comments
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