I guess the key difference is the sense of massive person power one gets from those older projects. Rivets and the like bear the unmistakable mark of human asse

I guess the key difference is the sense of massive person power one gets from those older projects. Rivets and the like bear the unmistakable mark of human assembly. That said, I still find modern day mega engineering projects similarly impressive. The Large Hadron Collider and the current construction of the ITER in France come to mind.... http://www.iter.org/construction/tkmfoundations http://www.iter.org/construction/tkmfoundations