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Engineering Catastrophes

And this dam was builtessentially by hand with mules and steam shovels and engineers that...

And this dam was built
essentially by hand with mules and steam shovels and engineers that used
slide rules and pencils. I think that is a real
testament to their skill

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And this dam was built essentially by hand
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with mules and steam shovels
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and engineers that used slide rules and pencils.
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I think that is a real testament to their skill.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:35
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
8
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E07 Next, the old bridge would be - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Next, the old bridge would be
S06 • E02 Car after car, driving off of a bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
Car after car, driving off of a bridge
S06 • E10 [narrator] By 2008, the hills of Rivermist - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] By 2008, the hills of Rivermist
S06 • E06 It's like assembling flatpack furniture. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
It's like assembling flatpack furniture.
S06 • E09 It's a hot day, bright and sunny, beautiful day. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It's a hot day, bright and sunny, beautiful day.
S06 • E07 But the first crossing of its kind in this province - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
But the first crossing of its kind in this province
S06 • E03 It was gut-wrenching. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
It was gut-wrenching.
S06 • E08 [narrator] Holding back the water is a 2,000 foot long earthen embankment - Engineering Catastrophes 00:42
[narrator] Holding back the water is a 2,000 foot long earth...
S06 • E01 [narrator] Gainesville, Florida, October 22nd, 2020 - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] Gainesville, Florida, October 22nd, 2020
S06 • E05 [narrator] Jose's instinct was right. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
[narrator] Jose's instinct was right.
S06 • E09 A crane was lifting a floor supporting beam - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
A crane was lifting a floor supporting beam
S06 • E06 [narrator] And like flatpack product, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] And like flatpack product,
S06 • E04 I was employed to keep the plant running and producing malt. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
I was employed to keep the plant running and producing malt.
S06 • E02 Eventually, somebody saw our flares - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Eventually, somebody saw our flares
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Sunday, January 10th, 2016, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: Sunday, January 10th, 2016,
S06 • E09 More than 3,000 tons of parking garage pancake to the ground. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
More than 3,000 tons of parking garage pancake to the ground...
S06 • E10 [narrator] January 24th, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
[narrator] January 24th, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas.
S06 • E04 It was like, that was it. No more work there. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It was like, that was it. No more work there.
S06 • E07 The first half of a new bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The first half of a new bridge
S06 • E09 It was really apparent that the situation was really dire. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
It was really apparent that the situation was really dire.