With the growth of the railroads and the construction of the original Union Station in 1906, many hotels were constructed for passengers and workers.
Construction of the original palace commissioned by Catherine de Médicis was begun in 1564, and in the subsequent 200 years there were many additions and alterations.
More than 300 of the theater's seats, which date to the construction of the original theater in 1927, were sent to Michigan to be refurbished for what is now the mezzanine, the new owners said.
Construction of the original building began in 1553, but, after suffering occupation by both parties to the English Civil Wars of the mid-17th century, this house was subsequently demolished.
In 1825 he was sent to Europe to study internal improvements and on his return did much to encourage the construction of the original line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Like the construction of the original canal, an engineering masterpiece that opened in 1914 after 10 years of work by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the expansion project is a daunting task, but for different reasons.
9 P.M. (History) LOST WORLDS A new season begins with a look at the design and construction of the original Seven Wonders of the World: the great pyramid of Giza, above; the hanging gardens of Babylon; the temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the statue of Zeus at Olympia; the mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes; and the lighthouse of Alexandria.
But even with Brazil's entrance fee of €130 million (spread out over 10 years), de Zeeuw says that construction of the original 42-meter E-ELT would have taken at least 16 years at its previous price.
