Civil Engineering History

• In the beginning, Civil Engineering included all engineers that did not practice military engineering; said to have begun in 18th century France.
• First “Civil Engineer” was an Englishman, John Smeaton in 1761.
• Civil engineers have saved more lives than all the doctors in history — development of clean water and sanitation systems.
• Henry H. White, first KY Civil Engineering Graduate from Bacon (Georgetown) College in 1840.
• Fall of 1886, “State College” (UK) established civil engineering degree.
• John Wesley Gunn of Lexington received first Civil Engineering degree from A & M College (UK) in 1890.

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  • m.sonu February 23, 2012 at 9:32 am

    no civil,no world

  • Leon sujin February 24, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    Civil engineers Create a new world in moon

  • mobin February 25, 2012 at 2:44 am

    we are proud to be engineers….

  • Kleopas T nambahu February 27, 2012 at 5:07 am

    I am so proud to be a student engineer, my future looks so bright. Cant wait to join the field of real work of engineers.

  • sundar March 8, 2012 at 11:11 am

    i knew some answers about civil so thanks

  • Lakshmanan,cheran March 9, 2012 at 3:12 am

    Father of engineering in mechanical but grand and great father of engineerin in great civil.

  • davy March 9, 2012 at 5:21 am

    civil engineering is power anywhere

  • a.dineshnaidu March 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    only one word proud to be an “civil engg”

  • S.kumar Mishra March 11, 2012 at 12:51 am

    Civil engineerin ,We can say proudly that it is mother of all engineering.

  • monu sharma March 11, 2012 at 8:45 am

    we r creators.. as v r civil engg.

  • nipravbarot March 11, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    civil engineering is heart of earth….because no construction nothing is there

  • Chavda Ajay kumar March 11, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    If there are no civil engineers than …. no house…….no residency area……..no infra structure ……..no roads………so proud to be a civil engineer…

  • sini azad March 12, 2012 at 8:06 am

    CONSTRUCTORS OF THE WORLD AND DOCTORS OF THE BUILDING………
    be proud to b a civil engineer…….the real constructors of the world………

  • IMRAN-SIKDAR March 13, 2012 at 5:48 am

    We are creative.So,always we are trying to gift a new world.

  • Engr James Amiang March 16, 2012 at 4:26 am

    If you want to be a nation builder, then be a Civil Engineer.

  • vaibhav shriwas March 16, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    civil engg. our provide many facilities of our building…civil enng are most important in modern world………..

  • Ravinder Pannu March 18, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    civil is starter of work & world, without civil no safety

  • Maria Benzilal.P.L March 19, 2012 at 9:05 am

    we can make the new world

  • NAMRATH.N March 23, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Nothing is so inspiring as seeing big works well laid out and planned and a real engineering organisation.

  • NAMRATH.N March 23, 2012 at 12:23 am

    The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram

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