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NARRATOR: The vast earthworks took just a year to complete
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Engineering Catastrophes

The vast earthworkstook just a year to complete, and for nearly eight decades, the...

NARRATOR: The vast earthworks
took just a year to complete, and for nearly eight decades, the reservoir supplied Estes
Park with fresh flowing water

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NARRATOR: The vast earthworks took just a year to complete,
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and for nearly eight decades,
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the reservoir supplied Estes Park with fresh flowing water...
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:02
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
9
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 • E08 [narrator] Leaving engineers fighting against Mother Nature. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[narrator] Leaving engineers fighting against Mother Nature.
S06 • E05 At the city center, a new development was underway. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
At the city center, a new development was underway.
S06 • E04 The agents were on the west side of the building, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The agents were on the west side of the building,
S06 • E07 Here, this success means wood isn't just used for houses. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Here, this success means wood isn't just used for house...
S06 • E04 [narrator] But this was about to become a morning - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] But this was about to become a morning
S06 • E10 The record, currently, as at more than $13,000 a square foot. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
The record, currently, as at more than $13,000 a square foot...
S06 • E09 ...until the summer of 1982, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
...until the summer of 1982,
S06 • E07 It's even the strength behind some much larger structures, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
It's even the strength behind some much larger structur...
S06 • E03 [narrator] Deformation has to be carefully monitored, so that extra shotcrete - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] Deformation has to be carefully monitored, so ...
S06 • E02 May, 2021, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
May, 2021,
S06 • E01 So, depending on where you stand, how you look at it, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
So, depending on where you stand, how you look at it,
S06 • E05 Space was so tight, they had to close a road during construction. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
Space was so tight, they had to close a road during construc...
S06 • E08 [narrator] Winnipeg in Manitoba calls itself the heart of the continent. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] Winnipeg in Manitoba calls itself the heart of th...
S06 • E09 In the early hours of Thursday, July 15th, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
In the early hours of Thursday, July 15th,
S06 • E07 Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior
S06 • E04 All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh.
S06 • E09 Six miles away inside the National Park, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Six miles away inside the National Park,
S06 • E10 So 432 Park Avenue - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So 432 Park Avenue
S06 • E07 But here, the wood also helps - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But here, the wood also helps
S06 • E04 The lights flickered. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
The lights flickered.