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Date Innovation City State Country Society
1928-1945 Discovery and Development of Penicillin London UK ACS
1838 Great Western Railway Bristol UK ASCE
1712 Newcomen Engine Devon UK ASME
1757-1775 Benjamin Franklin's Work in London London England UK IEEE
1939-1945 Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park during World War II Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire UK IEEE
1826 Conwy Suspension Bridge Conwy North Wales UK ASCE
1849 Conwy Tubular Bridge Conwy North Whales UK ASCE
1814 Craigellachie Bridge Aberlour Moray UK ASCE
1882 Eddystone Lighthouse Cornwall UK ASCE
1843 SS Great Britain Bristol UK ASME
1826 Menai Suspension Bridge Isle of Anglesey Wales UK ASCE
1843 Thames Tunnel London UK ASCE
1897 Turbinia Newcastle upon Tyne UK ASME
1993 Pegasus 3 Engine BS 916 Bristol BC UK ASME
1890 Firth of Forth Railway Bridge Queensferry UK ASCE
1768-1790 Forth & Clyde Canal and Union Canal Glasgow UK ASCE
1779 Ironbridge Coalbrookdale-Ironbridge UK ASCE
1830 Liverpool Manchester Railway & Site of Rainhill Trials Merseyside UK ASME
1905 Farnborough Research Establishment (Royal Aircraft Establishment) UK AIAA
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