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And it was only a matter of time until the whole thing
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Engineering Catastrophes

And it was only a matter oftime until the whole thing would have failed

And it was only a matter of
time until the whole thing would have failed

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And it was only a matter of time until the whole thing
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would have failed.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:27
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
9
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 • E05 And you see that during operation, there is no problem. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
And you see that during operation, there is no problem.
S06 • E10 [Sean Khorsandi] Problems escalate as we keep amplifying - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[Sean Khorsandi] Problems escalate as we keep amplifying
S06 • E09 BAKER: When water flows downhill, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
BAKER: When water flows downhill,
S06 • E01 [narrator] With the structur stripped and lessons learned - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] With the structur stripped and lessons learned
S06 • E05 {\an8}Heavy weights and strong pile connections - Engineering Catastrophes 00:30
{\an8}Heavy weights and strong pile connections
S06 • E06 [narrator] In big engineering, designers try to leave - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] In big engineering, designers try to leave
S06 • E07 Instead, it literally kept them apart. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Instead, it literally kept them apart.
S06 • E10 And if the issues are not solved here they escalate and amplify. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
And if the issues are not solved here they escalate and ampl...
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Ultimately, the remoteness - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: Ultimately, the remoteness
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: An engineering tale of two cities - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: An engineering tale of two cities
S06 • E04 [narrator] With the war on drugs ongoing, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:44
[narrator] With the war on drugs ongoing,
S06 • E03 [narrator] Niagara Falls. One of the world's most iconic locations. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] Niagara Falls. One of the world's most ic...
S06 • E09 BAKER: Obviously, this dam being so far up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
BAKER: Obviously, this dam being so far up
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: And a seemingly straightforward calculation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: And a seemingly straightforward calculation
S06 • E02 Hopefully, Cuenca's houses will be hanging around - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Hopefully, Cuenca's houses will be hanging around
S06 • E06 Like this construction in Germany, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
Like this construction in Germany,
S06 • E09 So operations and maintenance of the dam was very difficult. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
So operations and maintenance of the dam was very difficult.
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The Lawn Lake Dam failure changed - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: The Lawn Lake Dam failure changed
S06 • E07 This boiled down to simple mathematics, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
This boiled down to simple mathematics,
S06 • E02 [narrator] With big structures, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] With big structures,