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[narrator] From the 1960s, Redbank's malt was stored
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Engineering Catastrophes

From the 1960s,Redbank's malt was stored in this 4,000-ton bankof concrete silos....

[narrator] From the 1960s,
Redbank's malt was stored in this 4,000-ton bank
of concrete silos. {\an8}The structure might look
like a simple piece
of engineering, but like all silos,
it had to withstand
the pressure but like all silos,
it had to withstand
the pressure of thousands of tons of crops
or other materials pushing against the walls
from the inside. [narrator]
By 2013, the industry
had moved elsewhere and the silos stood
unused and empty. The land was to be sold
for a warehouse development and the structure was slated
for demolition. For silo worker,
Bryan Verrall,
it was the end of an era. I worked there
for about 20 years

Full Transcript

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[narrator] From the 1960s, Redbank's malt was stored
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in this 4,000-ton bank of concrete silos.
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{\an8}The structure might look like a simple piece of engineering,
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but like all silos, it had to withstand the pressure
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but like all silos, it had to withstand the pressure
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of thousands of tons of crops or other materials
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pushing against the walls from the inside.
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[narrator] By 2013, the industry had moved elsewhere
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and the silos stood unused and empty.
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The land was to be sold for a warehouse development
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and the structure was slated for demolition.
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For silo worker, Bryan Verrall, it was the end of an era.
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I worked there for about 20 years.
Duration
45 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:11
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
4
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.