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Engineering Catastrophes

The base is the sizeof just two basketball courts, but it isstructurally taller thanthe...

The base is the size
of just two basketball courts, but it is
structurally taller than
the Empire State Building. [narrator]
When building tall and thin, engineers take on
not just gravity but the power of the wind
which applies lateral pressure
to the tower

Full Transcript

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The base is the size of just two basketball courts,
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but it is structurally taller than the Empire State Building.
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[narrator] When building tall and thin,
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engineers take on not just gravity
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but the power of the wind which applies lateral pressure to the tower.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:48
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
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 NARRATOR: For more than a decade, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: For more than a decade,
S06 • E09 They had heard the sound of the Lawn Lake - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
They had heard the sound of the Lawn Lake
S06 • E04 [narrator] Just minutes ago, 57 confiscated cars had been parked on the roof. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] Just minutes ago, 57 confiscated cars had been pa...
S06 • E05 [narrator] But shortly after 12:00 pm, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] But shortly after 12:00 pm,
S06 • E07 But this award-winning building in the world's - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
But this award-winning building in the world's
S06 • E02 [narrator] In the debris, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] In the debris,
S06 • E05 The next minute I hear is a big, massive bang! - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
The next minute I hear is a big, massive bang!
S06 • E09 The amount of water gushing through this breach was insane. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
The amount of water gushing through this breach was insane.
S06 • E05 [narrator] The 230-foor tower crane had collapsed suddenly. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] The 230-foor tower crane had collapsed suddenly.
S06 • E09 Some estimates say it was an Olympic-size swimming pool - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Some estimates say it was an Olympic-size swimming pool
S06 • E06 The Bay Area was shaken by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
The Bay Area was shaken by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake.
S06 • E04 [Kevin] You're looking at this building with a caved-in roof - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[Kevin] You're looking at this building with a caved-in...
S06 • E07 April 2014, and across New Zealand, wooden buildings - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
April 2014, and across New Zealand, wooden buildings
S06 • E08 It could handle all the prairie grain that was coming - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
It could handle all the prairie grain that was coming
S06 • E02 [narrator] Miraculously, the workers had escaped unharmed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] Miraculously, the workers had escaped unharmed.
S06 • E05 It was a real shock. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
It was a real shock.
S06 • E10 [narrator] Engineers used a clever trick - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] Engineers used a clever trick
S06 • E01 He created incredible mosaics that are found all over Barcelona. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
He created incredible mosaics that are found all over Barcel...
S06 • E04 Uh, just how bad is this?" - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
Uh, just how bad is this?"
S06 • E09 It looked like an ocean, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
It looked like an ocean,