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[narrator] But a few days before the disaster
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Engineering Catastrophes

But a few days before the disaster, Concrete Specialist Albert Cabada noticed something...

[narrator] But a few days before the disaster, Concrete Specialist Albert Cabada noticed something odd. Involving a small digger known as a skid steer. A skid steer
is a small versatile digger

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[narrator] But a few days before the disaster,
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Concrete Specialist Albert Cabada noticed something odd.
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Involving a small digger known as a skid steer.
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A skid steer is a small versatile digger.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:15
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E07 This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire.
S06 • E05 But they didn't realize that where they were dredging, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
But they didn't realize that where they were dredging,
S06 • E10 How could I save myself? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
How could I save myself?
S06 • E06 Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed.
S06 • E04 [narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down,
S06 • E09 The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running
S06 • E05 [narrator] In an oil terminal, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] In an oil terminal,
S06 • E07 I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal.
S06 • E09 Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build
S06 • E08 [narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand,
S06 • E02 It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to digging trenches, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to diggin...
S06 • E01 Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud
S06 • E07 But as residents waited for the smoke to clear, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
But as residents waited for the smoke to clear,
S06 • E10 [narrator] With the route ahead blocked, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] With the route ahead blocked,
S06 • E06 It's a monstrous thing. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
It's a monstrous thing.
S06 • E04 [Adel] If you look at the map of the US, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[Adel] If you look at the map of the US,
S06 • E02 They were actually taking a skid steer - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
They were actually taking a skid steer
S06 • E08 It felt like it was going to collapse, pancake even more. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
It felt like it was going to collapse, pancake even more.
S06 • E09 The railroad car itself actually - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The railroad car itself actually
S06 • E05 But here, when the cutter-head pierced the pipe, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
But here, when the cutter-head pierced the pipe,