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Engineering Catastrophes

And it was imbeddedin the concrete. So, you have to destroythe gate to fix it. It was...

And it was imbedded
in the concrete. So, you have to destroy
the gate to fix it. [Moeller] It was probably
the only weakness
in the overall design is that once this lake
was full with
three spill gates up, those dams have never been
out of the water

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And it was imbedded in the concrete.
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So, you have to destroy the gate to fix it.
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[Moeller] It was probably the only weakness in the overall design
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is that once this lake was full with three spill gates up,
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those dams have never been out of the water.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:24
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 • E02 [narrator] More than 20 years later for Robert and others, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] More than 20 years later for Robert and others...
S06 • E06 [narrator] After the investigation, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:43
[narrator] After the investigation,
S06 • E09 The key is to identify them - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The key is to identify them
S06 • E05 [narrator] The weight of the bridge's materials - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] The weight of the bridge's materials
S06 • E03 [narrator] With big infrastructure, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With big infrastructure,
S06 • E07 They would push the raised section back - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
They would push the raised section back
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: With big construction, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
NARRATOR: With big construction,
S06 • E08 They've been underwater since the late 20s. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
They've been underwater since the late 20s.
S06 • E07 {\an8}Crews used brute force and more than 100 - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
{\an8}Crews used brute force and more than 100
S06 • E04 [narrator] A disaster that rained down wreckage on the people below. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] A disaster that rained down wreckage on the peopl...
S06 • E05 In the months that followed, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
In the months that followed,
S06 • E03 ...like this disaster in Spain, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
...like this disaster in Spain,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Less than 24 hours after the disaster, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
NARRATOR: Less than 24 hours after the disaster,
S06 • E01 The whole of Florida sits on this type of limestone landscape - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
The whole of Florida sits on this type of limestone lands...
S06 • E09 Like this catastrophe in Colorado - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Like this catastrophe in Colorado
S06 • E02 [narrator] From epic structures to towering cities, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] From epic structures to towering cities,
S06 • E04 Oh, my God. There's people in there. Just how bad is this? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
Oh, my God. There's people in there. Just how bad is th...
S06 • E08 And my guess is over time the vibration of those pins without being replaced - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
And my guess is over time the vibration of those pins withou...
S06 • E01 So, there's really no gettin away from this problem. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
So, there's really no gettin away from this problem.
S06 • E09 THOMAS: I could tell that - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
THOMAS: I could tell that