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[narrator] And the result was catastrophic

Engineering Catastrophes

And the resultwas catastrophic. With both remaining gatesat risk, the only solution was...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E08 • 2018

[narrator] And the result
was catastrophic. [loud crash] With both remaining gates
at risk, the only solution was to build
a whole new spillway. The problem
was the local authorities didn't have the funds
to replace it. But for Larry Johnson,
this was personal. [Johnson] Immediately,
my thoughts turned
to my family. And I'll never forget
when my granddaughter
walked down and she stood
on the deck up there
and just looked around and started welling up
in her eyes with tears

Full Transcript

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[narrator] And the result was catastrophic.

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[loud crash]

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With both remaining gates at risk,

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the only solution was to build a whole new spillway.

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The problem was the local authorities

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didn't have the funds to replace it.

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But for Larry Johnson, this was personal.

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[Johnson] Immediately, my thoughts turned to my family.

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And I'll never forget when my granddaughter walked down

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and she stood on the deck up there and just looked around

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and started welling up in her eyes with tears.

Duration

40 seconds

Views

14

Timestamp in Movie

00:23:03

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

8

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.