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It's only through counterweights

Engineering Catastrophes

It's only throughcounterweights that are in the backof the crawler unit and just careful...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E06 • 2018

It's only through
counterweights that are in the back
of the crawler unit and just careful movement
of the jib and the boom that the crane
does not topple over. [narrator] But in a city
that's the setting for many disaster movies,
a catastrophe was about
to play out in real life. for many disaster movies,
a catastrophe was about
to play out in real life

Full Transcript

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It's only through counterweights

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that are in the back of the crawler unit

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and just careful movement of the jib and the boom

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that the crane does not topple over.

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[narrator] But in a city that's the setting

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for many disaster movies, a catastrophe was about to play out in real life.

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for many disaster movies, a catastrophe was about to play out in real life.

Duration

17 seconds

Views

14

Timestamp in Movie

00:05:46

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

6

Genres

Production

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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.