This site is dedicated to the history of the Civil Engineering Department at Union College

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Squire Whipple, Class of 1830, is the father of scientific bridge building. His bridge at Union is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The pyramid of rocks (background), erected in Schenectady in 1934 and reconstructed on campus in 1984, denotes the area's geological history.


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