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Engineering Catastrophes

But about three fourthsof the bridge was built more likea long causeway over the...

But about three fourths
of the bridge was built more like
a long causeway over the shallows
leading to Oakland. [Bart] The old easter span
of the Bay Bridge is completely different
than the modern, new one that you see out there today

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But about three fourths of the bridge
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was built more like a long causeway
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over the shallows leading to Oakland.
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[Bart] The old easter span of the Bay Bridge
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is completely different than the modern, new one
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that you see out there today.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:06
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
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 • E09 These are the second pair of bridges here, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
These are the second pair of bridges here,
S06 • E07 [explosion blasts] - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[explosion blasts]
S06 • E01 So, it's the perfect combination for fertilizer. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:31
So, it's the perfect combination for fertilizer.
S06 • E08 It was lunchtime and I went and visited the central library. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
It was lunchtime and I went and visited the central library.
S06 • E04 It only tries to hold the shape of the arch. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It only tries to hold the shape of the arch.
S06 • E09 Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering.
S06 • E02 In the early morning of Monday, July 23, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
In the early morning of Monday, July 23,
S06 • E10 Driving through it was almost - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Driving through it was almost
S06 • E05 [narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:32
[narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020.
S06 • E10 It really evoked the period of time - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
It really evoked the period of time
S06 • E04 [narrator] But with 60,000 vehicles crossing every day, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] But with 60,000 vehicles crossing every day,
S06 • E07 This explosion happened at a facility storing a fraction - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
This explosion happened at a facility storing a fraction
S06 • E06 Luckily, everything is big in Manhattan. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
Luckily, everything is big in Manhattan.
S06 • E09 What we do is we embed steel rods in the concrete, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
What we do is we embed steel rods in the concrete,
S06 • E08 Some people screamed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
Some people screamed.
S06 • E09 That's what I'm showing here is we've got, again, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
That's what I'm showing here is we've got, ag...
S06 • E04 The weight of that truck will transfer using these cables - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
The weight of that truck will transfer using these cables
S06 • E03 Depending on the thickness, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
Depending on the thickness,
S06 • E07 January 31st, 2022. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
January 31st, 2022.
S06 • E02 [narrator] Albert noticed something was wrong. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[narrator] Albert noticed something was wrong.