Shanghai Tower was completed
Located in in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. It comprises 128 stories, and has a height of 632 m (2,073 ft). Its tiered construction, designed for high energy efficiency, provides nine separate zones divided between office, retail and leisure use.
Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was completed
The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge (SAS) and a pair of viaducts. The span replacement took place between 2002 and 2013, and is the most expensive public works project in California history. The original eastern section was composed of a double balanced cantilever span, five through-truss spans, and a truss causeway. This part became the subject of concern after a section collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989. The replacement span is engineered to withstand the largest earthquake expected over a 1500-year period, and it is expected to last at least 150 years with proper maintenance.
1935 Labor Day hurricane makes landfall at Long Key
The Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was, for several decades, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure, until surpassed by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and the strongest at landfall by 1-minute sustained winds, until equalled by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. The fourth tropical cyclone, third tropical storm, second hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season, it is one of four Category 5 hurricanes on record to strike the contiguous United States, along with Hurricane Camille (1969), Hurricane Andrew (1992), and Hurricane Michael (2018). The hurricane intensified rapidly, passing near Long Key on Labor Day evening, September 2.
George Turnbull was born
George Turnbull was the Scottish engineer responsible from 1851 to 1863 for the construction of the first Indian long-distance railway line: Calcutta to Benares up beside the Ganges river, 541 miles (871 kilometres), (601 miles including branches). On completion, Turnbull was gazetted by the Indian government as the "First railway engineer of India".
