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All Engineered Systems

Large-scale engineered systems assembled from many interdependent components working together toward a shared function, as distinct from a single invented device, technique or material considered alone -- national power grids and electrical transmission networks, water and sewage treatment systems, satellite positioning and navigation constellations such as GPS and Galileo, particle accelerators, and major industrial manufacturing and assembly-line systems. Belongs here: named systems characterized by multiple integrated engineered subsystems serving one overall function, such as a national power grid, the GPS satellite constellation, the Large Hadron Collider, or a landmark canal or dam considered as an engineering system rather than merely a structure. Does not belong here: a single discrete invention or device, filed under Invention; a raw or engineered material, filed under Material; a named engineering technique or process, filed under Method; an individual engineer or inventor, filed under Engineer; vehicles and transport-specific infrastructure and networks, which belong to the Transport atlas; and software and computing systems, which belong to the Computing atlas's own System entity type.

All Engineered Systems
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Advanced Photon Source

Nuclear Engineering

Akosombo Dam

Civil Engineering

Alaska Interconnection

Electrical Engineering

Aswan High Dam

Civil Engineering

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

Aerospace Engineering

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

Aerospace Engineering

Bhilai Steel Plant

Industrial Engineering

Boeing Everett Factory

Industrial Engineering

California Aqueduct

Civil Engineering

Central African Power Pool

Electrical Engineering

Central American Electrical Interconnection System

Electrical Engineering

Channel Tunnel

Civil Engineering

China Southern Power Grid

Electrical Engineering

Corinth Canal

Civil Engineering

Delta Works

Civil Engineering

Diamond Light Source

Nuclear Engineering

Distant Early Warning Line

Aerospace Engineering

Eastern Africa Power Pool

Electrical Engineering

Eastern Interconnection

Electrical Engineering

Electric Reliability Council of Texas

Electrical Engineering

Erie Canal

Civil Engineering

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

Aerospace Engineering

European Spallation Source

Nuclear Engineering

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Nuclear Engineering

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Nuclear Engineering

Ford River Rouge Complex

Industrial Engineering

Galileo (satellite navigation system)

Aerospace Engineering

Gary Works

Industrial Engineering

Gigafactory Shanghai

Industrial Engineering

Global Positioning System

Aerospace Engineering

GLONASS

Aerospace Engineering

Grand Canal (China)

Civil Engineering

Grand Coulee Dam

Civil Engineering

Great Belt Fixed Link

Civil Engineering

HERA (particle accelerator)

Nuclear Engineering

Highland Park Ford Plant

Industrial Engineering

Homestead Steel Works

Industrial Engineering

Hoover Dam

Civil Engineering

Hydro-Québec Electricity Transmission System

Electrical Engineering

Hyundai Ulsan Plant

Industrial Engineering

International Monitoring System

Nuclear Engineering

Interstate Highway System

Civil Engineering

Iridium satellite constellation

Aerospace Engineering

Itaipu Dam

Civil Engineering

ITER

Nuclear Engineering

Jamnagar refinery

Industrial Engineering

Joint European Torus

Nuclear Engineering

J-PARC

Nuclear Engineering

Kariba Dam

Civil Engineering

KEKB (accelerator)

Nuclear Engineering
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