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And for tolerances, they were willing

Engineering Catastrophes

And for tolerances,they were willing And for tolerances,they were willing to accept six...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E06 • 2018

And for tolerances,
they were willing And for tolerances,
they were willing to accept six centimeters
of subsidence. [narrator] Construction began
in 1941. And once completed,
the 70 foot diameter cylinder perfectly mimicked
the ground pressure one foot of the arch
would exert
on the swamp below. {\an8}[Michelle speaking]

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And for tolerances, they were willing

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And for tolerances, they were willing

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to accept six centimeters of subsidence.

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[narrator] Construction began in 1941.

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And once completed, the 70 foot diameter cylinder

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perfectly mimicked the ground pressure

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one foot of the arch would exert on the swamp below.

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{\an8}[Michelle speaking]

Duration

24 seconds

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17

Timestamp in Movie

00:38:37

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

6

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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.