Greetings Upper Peninsula Branch Members!
The ASCE History and Heritage Committee needs our help. They are trying to locate and inventory all of the historic civil engineering landmarks in our region. They would like our help to perform site visits and to locate and assess the conditions of the plaques. Please see the note from Erik Metzger below outlining the procedure and a list of the landmarks in our region.
Happy Landmark searching!
-Alice Roache
Help Others Discover ASCE’s Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Do you like seeing civil engineering landmarks when you are traveling? Have you ever posted a selfie at a civil engineering landmark? Would you like to help other ASCE members discover civil engineering landmarks in your local area? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, ASCE’s History and Heritage Committee seeks your help in making it easier for other members and the general public to discover the hundreds of historic civil engineering landmarks located throughout the world.
Since the first landmark designation in 1966, ASCE’s Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Program has designated over 280 projects as National and International Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. Many other projects have also been designated as local historic civil engineering landmarks by ASCE Regions, Sections, and Branches. ASCE’s History and Heritage Committee has been working diligently to inventory all of these historic civil engineering landmarks and perform site visits to locate and assess the conditions of ASCE plaques. You can view the current progress of the landmark and plaque mapping effort on Google Maps.
ASCE needs help in performing landmark site visits, particularly from local members who live in proximity to landmarks. This is where you could be a part of this inventory and mapping effort! Our Branch is looking for volunteers who can help by visiting:
- The Sault Ste. Marie Hydroelectric Power Complex, which was dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1984.
- The Cornish Pumping Engine, designated as a state historic civil engineering landmark by the Michigan Section in 1984
- The Ontonagon River Middle Branch Bridge
and
- Redridge Steel Dam
We are also trying to determine if an ASCE plaque is located at these sites and can be viewed by the general public.
If you would like to volunteer to visit the landmark or have knowledge about the ASCE landmark plaque, please contact Alice Roache at [email protected]. With your assistance, we can add more locations to ASCE’s landmark inventory and mapping effort, making it easier for others to discover historic civil engineering landmarks in the future. Some members have already posted and tagged their photos of civil engineering landmarks and ASCE plaques to social media using the hashtag #VisitASCELandmarks. You can check out what has been posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.