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NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed
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Engineering Catastrophes

After Lawn Lake Dam failed in Rocky MountainNational Park, investigators quickly headedfor...

NARRATOR:
After Lawn Lake Dam failed in Rocky Mountain
National Park, investigators quickly headed
for the disaster scene

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NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed
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in Rocky Mountain National Park,
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investigators quickly headed for the disaster scene.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:45
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 • E01 [narrator] Worse was to come - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] Worse was to come
S06 • E08 [narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later,
S06 • E07 PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain,
S06 • E10 [narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest towers - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest tow...
S06 • E06 [narrator] But there's another weakness lurking - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] But there's another weakness lurking
S06 • E09 In the wreckage, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
In the wreckage,
S06 • E05 ...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible." - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible."
S06 • E03 [narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was definitively man-made. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was def...
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only
S06 • E02 [narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed,
S06 • E09 Dam safety engineer Mark Baker knows the case. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Dam safety engineer Mark Baker knows the case.
S06 • E08 [narrator] Despite sinking deep into the prairie, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] Despite sinking deep into the prairie,
S06 • E01 Nobody in their wildest dreams expected problems like this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Nobody in their wildest dreams expected problems like this
S06 • E06 In San Francisco, the Embarcadero's - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
In San Francisco, the Embarcadero's
S06 • E09 BAKER: The designers of the time knew that if you're gonna take - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
BAKER: The designers of the time knew that if you're go...
S06 • E07 FOREMAN: One of the things that happens is that rain - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
FOREMAN: One of the things that happens is that rain
S06 • E04 [narrator] The cause was tragically simple, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] The cause was tragically simple,
S06 • E01 [narrator] Authorities were left with no choice - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] Authorities were left with no choice
S06 • E08 [narrator] But it wasn't just the silos that were at risk. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] But it wasn't just the silos that were at ri...
S06 • E03 [Eduardo Alonso speaking] - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[Eduardo Alonso speaking]