Editing Civil engineering (section)

===Civil engineering education===
The first private college to teach civil engineering in the United States was [[Norwich University]], founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norwich.edu/about/legacy.html|title=Norwich University Legacy Website|access-date=15 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706104111/http://www.norwich.edu/about/legacy.html|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first degree in civil engineering in the United States was awarded by [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] in 1835.<ref>Griggs, Francis E Jr. "Amos Eaton was Right!". ''Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice'', Vol. 123, No. 1, January 1997, pp. 30–34.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/timeline/all_time/index.html |title=RPI Timeline |access-date=14 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223338/http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/timeline/all_time/index.html |archive-date=2 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first such degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by [[Cornell University]] to [[Nora Stanton Blatch]] in 1905.<ref name="EB">{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9124919/Nora-Stanton-Blatch-Barney | access-date=8 October 2010 | title=Nora Stanton Blatch Barney | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Online }}</ref>

In the UK during the early 19th century, the division between civil engineering and military engineering (served by the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]), coupled with the demands of the Industrial Revolution, spawned new engineering education initiatives: the Class of Civil Engineering and Mining was founded at [[King's College London]] in 1838, mainly as a response to the growth of the railway system and the need for more qualified engineers, the private [[College for Civil Engineers]] in [[Putney]] was established in 1839, and the UK's first Chair of Engineering was established at the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1840.