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NARRATOR: Although vital for healthy crops
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Engineering Catastrophes

Although vitalfor healthy crops, fertilizer-gradeammonium nitrate has a risky...

NARRATOR: Although vital
for healthy crops, fertilizer-grade
ammonium nitrate has a risky characteristic, making proper storage
an absolute necessity

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NARRATOR: Although vital for healthy crops,
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fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate
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has a risky characteristic,
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making proper storage an absolute necessity.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:42
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
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 The valley might look relatively flat, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
The valley might look relatively flat,
S06 • E06 If you go downtown, specifically the financial district area. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
If you go downtown, specifically the financial district area...
S06 • E04 {\an8}The ends of the curved arch are held together under tension - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
{\an8}The ends of the curved arch are held together under te...
S06 • E08 [narrator] By early 2011, life was returning to normal. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[narrator] By early 2011, life was returning to normal.
S06 • E07 It should be stored on its own in a well-ventilated area. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It should be stored on its own in a well-ventilated area.
S06 • E06 This is the old part of the city. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:35
This is the old part of the city.
S06 • E02 [Corina] Contractors were granted a demolition permit - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[Corina] Contractors were granted a demolition permit
S06 • E09 With so many creeks to cross, bridges are a fact of life, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
With so many creeks to cross, bridges are a fact of life,
S06 • E07 Issues arise when temperature and pressure builds up, and this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
Issues arise when temperature and pressure builds up, and th...
S06 • E04 [narrator] Ted Kniazewycz is Director of Structures - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
[narrator] Ted Kniazewycz is Director of Structures
S06 • E08 [tense music playing] - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[tense music playing]
S06 • E02 [narrator] Demolition was scheduled for late July - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] Demolition was scheduled for late July
S06 • E10 But about three fourths of the bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
But about three fourths of the bridge
S06 • E01 Both the ammonium and the nitrate parts contain nitrogen, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Both the ammonium and the nitrate parts contain nitrogen,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: As this 2013 disaster in Texas revealed... - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
NARRATOR: As this 2013 disaster in Texas revealed...
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 • E09 Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering.