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Engineering Catastrophes

Winston-Salem hadexperienced a miraculous escape, but questions lingered

NARRATOR: Winston-Salem had
experienced a miraculous escape, but questions lingered

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NARRATOR: Winston-Salem had experienced a miraculous escape,
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but questions lingered.
Duration
7 seconds
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13
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:04
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
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 • E09 NARRATOR: Although it worked in the short term, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
NARRATOR: Although it worked in the short term,
S06 • E05 {\an8}And crucially, all pipelines would need to be marked accurately, and checked. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
{\an8}And crucially, all pipelines would need to be marked a...
S06 • E07 Why had the fire burned for so long? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Why had the fire burned for so long?
S06 • E01 For instance, dust, hay, grass, things like this. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
For instance, dust, hay, grass, things like this.
S06 • E08 But what's quite different about this one - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
But what's quite different about this one
S06 • E02 But hopefully, with tighter regulations, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
But hopefully, with tighter regulations,
S06 • E05 Both, on the plans and in the water. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
Both, on the plans and in the water.
S06 • E01 Then you really start to increase its likelihood - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Then you really start to increase its likelihood
S06 • E07 Here we have three piles of chemicals. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Here we have three piles of chemicals.
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The turbulence quickly eroded - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
NARRATOR: The turbulence quickly eroded
S06 • E07 So the first one is gonna be the ammonium nitrate. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
So the first one is gonna be the ammonium nitrate.
S06 • E01 [narrator] As a fire ignite and spread out of control, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] As a fire ignite and spread out of control,
S06 • E08 [narrator] The building's six story framework was made up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] The building's six story framework was made ...
S06 • E06 [narrator] To do this, the more than 570 feet of boom - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] To do this, the more than 570 feet of boom
S06 • E07 You can see there are some areas where it's starting - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
You can see there are some areas where it's starting
S06 • E09 In the U.S., it's estimated - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
In the U.S., it's estimated
S06 • E07 It can take a lot of heat as - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
It can take a lot of heat as
S06 • E05 And how important safety is for all of us. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
And how important safety is for all of us.
S06 • E09 That's a big problem - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
That's a big problem
S06 • E02 I'm sure there were time demands. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
I'm sure there were time demands.