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[narrator] October 18, 1913, in Canada
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Engineering Catastrophes

October 18, 1913,in Canada, thousands of tons of grainwere being loaded intoTranscona's...

[narrator] October 18, 1913,
in Canada, thousands of tons of grain
were being loaded into
Transcona's giant silos. They started filling
and they started filling
on the west side

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[narrator] October 18, 1913, in Canada,
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thousands of tons of grain were being loaded into Transcona's giant silos.
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They started filling and they started filling on the west side.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:56
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
8
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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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.
S06 • E09 Estes Park goes from being a thriving little town - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
Estes Park goes from being a thriving little town
S06 • E08 [narrator] By noon, work was nearing completion - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
[narrator] By noon, work was nearing completion
S06 • E05 [narrator] In Liverpool, a dramatic crane collapse - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
[narrator] In Liverpool, a dramatic crane collapse
S06 • E09 Tragically, three people had died in the flood waters, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Tragically, three people had died in the flood waters,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: In Wellington, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: In Wellington,
S06 • E02 [narrator] All that liquid had destabilized the ancient soil - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] All that liquid had destabilized the ancient s...
S06 • E04 {\an8}So there had to be another reason why this one failed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
{\an8}So there had to be another reason why this one failed.
S06 • E01 [narrator] Valencia, Spain, late December 2013. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] Valencia, Spain, late December 2013.
S06 • E07 But further investigations revealed the issue went deeper, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
But further investigations revealed the issue went deeper,
S06 • E04 [narrator] In an office used by undercover agents, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] In an office used by undercover agents,
S06 • E09 They were able to get a lot of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
They were able to get a lot of
S06 • E06 As the water moves through the surface of Earth, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
As the water moves through the surface of Earth,
S06 • E03 [narrator] As the fault failed, the earth shifted, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] As the fault failed, the earth shifted,
S06 • E07 Sudhir Motwani owns an apartment here. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Sudhir Motwani owns an apartment here.
S06 • E09 It started an evacuation process that undoubtedly saved lives. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It started an evacuation process that undoubtedly saved live...
S06 • E07 They did invasive inspections and then basically found - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
They did invasive inspections and then basically found
S06 • E05 [Ian] When I looked in the window, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[Ian] When I looked in the window,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: With homes and livelihoods wiped out, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: With homes and livelihoods wiped out,
S06 • E01 They saw parts of the trencadis, like, bulgin - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
They saw parts of the trencadis, like, bulgin
S06 • E08 There's nothing you could do. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
There's nothing you could do.