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NARRATOR: For the next 80 years, the plant produced
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Engineering Catastrophes

For the next 80 years,the plant produced and stored a key ingredientfor healthy crop...

NARRATOR: For the next 80 years,
the plant produced and stored a key ingredient
for healthy crop growth -- ammonium nitrate

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NARRATOR: For the next 80 years, the plant produced
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and stored a key ingredient for healthy crop growth --
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ammonium nitrate.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:10
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
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 [narrator] And every farmin community needs fertilizer. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] And every farmin community needs fertilizer.
S06 • E09 Urban legend says that engineers were told to look for - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
Urban legend says that engineers were told to look for
S06 • E10 For example, when we take this bridge out of service, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
For example, when we take this bridge out of service,
S06 • E04 More of it passes through Tennessee than any other state. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
More of it passes through Tennessee than any other state.
S06 • E09 All the produce that we harvest in the Huron area - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
All the produce that we harvest in the Huron area
S06 • E10 [narrator] And there's much more to the Bay Bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] And there's much more to the Bay Bridge
S06 • E07 John Merle is an associate professor of chemistry. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
John Merle is an associate professor of chemistry.
S06 • E03 [narrator] By 2007, the second tower was underwa - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
[narrator] By 2007, the second tower was underwa
S06 • E02 One is to implode the building, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
One is to implode the building,
S06 • E07 MERLE: So ammonium nitrate is a great nitrogen source. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
MERLE: So ammonium nitrate is a great nitrogen source.
S06 • E08 This caught everyone off-guard. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
This caught everyone off-guard.
S06 • E07 Probably the most important use is in fertilizing plants. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Probably the most important use is in fertilizing plants.
S06 • E01 Over the years, the city essentially grew up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Over the years, the city essentially grew up
S06 • E07 SZULGIT: The problem is nitrogen is highly soluble, so it's - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
SZULGIT: The problem is nitrogen is highly soluble, so it�...
S06 • E10 A western part, where we are right now, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
A western part, where we are right now,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Although the valley is fertile, it's also hot and dry. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: Although the valley is fertile, it's also hot...
S06 • E06 [narrator] Maintaining these aging giants - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] Maintaining these aging giants
S06 • E05 {\an8}with a ferocious looking toothed cutter-head on the end, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:43
{\an8}with a ferocious looking toothed cutter-head on the en...
S06 • E04 [narrator] This busy waterway is subject to major floods, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] This busy waterway is subject to major floods,
S06 • E09 So when rain comes, flash floods - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So when rain comes, flash floods