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Engineering Catastrophes

Ultimately, thecolumns were far more exposed to the floodwaters thanengineers had ever...

NARRATOR: Ultimately, the
columns were far more exposed to the floodwaters than
engineers had ever anticipated

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NARRATOR: Ultimately, the columns were far more exposed
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to the floodwaters than engineers had ever anticipated.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
11
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:21
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
9
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 • E07 MERLE: Ammonium nitrate should be pure. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
MERLE: Ammonium nitrate should be pure.
S06 • E08 [narrator] The main columns were 16 inches wide - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] The main columns were 16 inches wide
S06 • E02 [narrator] And a shocking tragedy - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] And a shocking tragedy
S06 • E07 It should be stored on its own, in a well-ventilated area, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
It should be stored on its own, in a well-ventilated area,
S06 • E03 [narrator] It took eight months to clear the ruins of the garage, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] It took eight months to clear the ruins of the...
S06 • E09 ABBOT: Seventeen feet of scour, or of the ground level dropping - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
ABBOT: Seventeen feet of scour, or of the ground level dropp...
S06 • E06 [narrator] Analyzing the onboard computer, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:35
[narrator] Analyzing the onboard computer,
S06 • E05 A massive piece of structure dropped on to the valley floor below. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
A massive piece of structure dropped on to the valley floor ...
S06 • E04 As welds cool, they give off hydrogen. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
As welds cool, they give off hydrogen.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: There is hope that a change in - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: There is hope that a change in
S06 • E09 So even though they had designed the bridge for scour, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So even though they had designed the bridge for scour,
S06 • E07 The solution is taking legacy industrial plants, like this, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
The solution is taking legacy industrial plants, like this,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: With the cause known, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: With the cause known,
S06 • E02 [narrator] South Padre islan sits on the Gulf of Mexico. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] South Padre islan sits on the Gulf of Mexico.
S06 • E10 And all of it was pinned in on an electrical substation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:45
And all of it was pinned in on an electrical substation
S06 • E08 The feature of this one here is it only had 6 millimeter spiral. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
The feature of this one here is it only had 6 millimeter spi...
S06 • E01 [narrator] That explained the cause of the blast, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] That explained the cause of the blast,
S06 • E03 [narrator] For more than a decade, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] For more than a decade,
S06 • E09 This time, changes would be made - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
This time, changes would be made
S06 • E08 So it's a very thin wire, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
So it's a very thin wire,