After the last original locomotive class member was withdrawn in 1966, the train toured the world, becoming an icon of British engineering.
The Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam are more than just icons of American engineering.
Sculptor and art innovator Tom Sachs visits campus this fall to discuss his re-creations of Modern icons and the intersection of engineering and design (Monday, Oct. 17, 7 30 p.m., Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium).
More than anyone might have expected a year ago, a celebration of the Corvette, an icon of American design and engineering and a hardy competitor in a field dominated by foreign models, has turned out to be in step with the times.
Prof Brian Cox, the physicist and TV presenter, said it was the "standout icon of UK science and engineering" and his visits as a child had inspired him to become a scientist.
"The rich scientific history of the UK is a key part of our culture and Jodrell Bank is the stand-out icon of UK science and engineering," he said.
On a website set up to track the progress of this "10,000-year clock", Jeff Bezos, who has invested $42m of his own money in the project, describes this impressive feat of engineering as "an icon for long-term thinking .That description applies just as much to Mr Bezos himself.
Best known for elaborate and transformative re-creations of various Modern icons, re-creations that are masterpieces of engineering and design, Sachs' work confronts capitalist culture through bricolage.
"It was always my feeling that certain examples of engineering rose to a higher level to become icons," he said.
"Its stature is immense, not only as the iconic Fangio car of the 1950s, but also as a shining star of pinnacle Mercedes-Benz engineering and as an icon of post-war recovery".
