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[narrator] Demolition was scheduled for late July
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Engineering Catastrophes

Demolition was scheduled for late July and expected to last about two weeks. But it...

[narrator] Demolition was scheduled for late July and expected to last about two weeks. But it turned out this cond wasn't about to hang around for that long

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[narrator] Demolition was scheduled for late July
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and expected to last about two weeks.
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But it turned out this cond wasn't about to hang around for that long.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:04
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 • 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 • E10 But about three fourths of the bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
But about three fourths of the bridge
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 • E04 It only tries to hold the shape of the arch. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It only tries to hold the shape of the arch.
S06 • E09 Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Tracy Abbott is a professor of Civil Engineering.
S06 • E02 In the early morning of Monday, July 23, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
In the early morning of Monday, July 23,
S06 • E10 Driving through it was almost - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Driving through it was almost
S06 • E05 [narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:32
[narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020.
S06 • E10 It really evoked the period of time - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
It really evoked the period of time
S06 • E04 [narrator] But with 60,000 vehicles crossing every day, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] But with 60,000 vehicles crossing every day,
S06 • E07 This explosion happened at a facility storing a fraction - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
This explosion happened at a facility storing a fraction
S06 • E06 Luckily, everything is big in Manhattan. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
Luckily, everything is big in Manhattan.
S06 • E09 What we do is we embed steel rods in the concrete, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
What we do is we embed steel rods in the concrete,
S06 • E08 Some people screamed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
Some people screamed.
S06 • E09 That's what I'm showing here is we've got, again, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
That's what I'm showing here is we've got, ag...
S06 • E04 The weight of that truck will transfer using these cables - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
The weight of that truck will transfer using these cables