ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers ranked their 7-wonders of the modern world:
1) Chunnel - Channel Tunnel - 1994-05-06 - UK to France
2) CN Tower - 1976-06-26 - Toronto, ON
3) Empire State Building - 1931-05-01 - NYC, NY
4) Golden Gate Bridge - 1937-05-27 - San Fran, CA
5) Itaipu Dam - 1984-05-05 - Brazil
6) Delta Works - 1997-05-10 - Netherlands
7) Panama Canal - 1914-01-07 - Panama
They have been under consideration to change the list of late to include:
*) Burj Dubai - 2,680 Feet Tall - office building in Dubai (1/2 Mile)
*) Syncude Tailings Dam - Canada - 540,000,000,000,000 Cubic Meters of Water
*) Dubai International Airport - 16,100,000 SQ FEET
*) Jim Yuan Mall (China) - 6,000,000 SQ FEET (Mall of America = 2,500,000)
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