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[narrator] So what actually went wrong?

Engineering Catastrophes

So what actually went wrong? This structurewas incredibly strong, built...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E04 • 2018

[narrator]
So what actually went wrong? [Brendan] This structure
was incredibly strong, built from
one-foot-thick concrete,
reinforced with steel to cope
with the massive forces
from the stored grain to cope
with the massive forces
from the stored grain pushing both down from above
and on the walls from inside. Here, it looks like
they may have underestimated just how robust
this building was

Full Transcript

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[narrator] So what actually went wrong?

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[Brendan] This structure was incredibly strong,

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built from one-foot-thick concrete, reinforced with steel

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to cope with the massive forces from the stored grain

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to cope with the massive forces from the stored grain

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pushing both down from above and on the walls from inside.

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Here, it looks like they may have underestimated

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just how robust this building was.

Duration

25 seconds

Views

11

Timestamp in Movie

00:20:05

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

4

Genres

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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.