1967- The Scotswood Bridge, over the River Tyne, opens in England.
This Day in History
1855- The bridge across the Niagara Gorge is strengthened for train use.
1999- The 88-floor Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, China opens.
1930- Construction begins on the Empire State Building.
2009- Construction began on the Shard, a 95-storey skyscraper in London, England.
1952- Construction begins on the research submarine the USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
1908- American aeronautical engineer, Edward Heinemann is born.
1912- Canadian Eugène-Etienne Taché, designer of the Parliament Building, dies.
1997- Ground breaks on the construction of the Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors, in Ontario, Canada.
1904- The north tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting New Jersey and New York is completed after 30 years of drilling.