Italy

Collection at the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms

Society: ASME Main Category: Mechanical Sub Category: Era: 2000-present DateCreated: 2011 Viale delle Scienze, 8 Palermo State: Zip: 90128 Country: Italy Website: https://www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/264-collection-engines-museum-engines-mechanisms, https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ResourceFiles/AboutASME/Who%20We%20Are/Engineering%20History/Landmarks/Brochure-Museum-of-Engines-and-Mechanisms-Unipa-ASME-Landmark.pdf, http://www.museomotori.unipa.it/index.php?lang=en Creator:

With over 300 specimens, the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo collectively narrates the evolution of engine technology. This collection of engines, from water-powered devices, through the era of steam and reciprocating engines, to jet turbines, includes engines that once served to power pumps, factories, automobiles, airplanes, and ships.

YearAdded:

2017

Image Credit: Image Caption: FIAT G.59 4B trainer aircraft equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin 500-20 engine, 1950 Era_date_from:

Acquedotto Traiano-Paolo

Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Water Supply & Control Era: 0-1000 DateCreated: 109-110 Rome State: RI Zip: Country: Italy Website: http://www.asce.org/project/acquedotto-traiano-paolo/ Creator: Emperor Trajan

The roman emperor Trajan ordered a new aqueduct be built to bring fresh water to Italy's Trastevere region and parts of Rome. The water is collected from five springs that feed the lake at Bracciano, and traverses over 25 miles into Rome. To maintain an even gradient, the aqueduct follows a meandering alignment through the countryside to avoid hills and major valleys. The water runs through an open-channel canal that is either arch-supported, at-grade, or underground.

YearAdded:

1992

Image Credit: Courtesy of Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali. Image Caption: The Acquedotto Traiano-Paolo still brings water to Rome. Era_date_from: 109