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The eroded embankment collapsed like a landslide
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Engineering Catastrophes

The eroded embankmentcollapsed like a landslide, pulling the earthand the road with it. I...

The eroded embankment
collapsed like a landslide, pulling the earth
and the road with it. [Marie] I really hope that
for future projects on our highways that they would really
study this project, the collapse of it,
what happened. [narrator] Whatever the
exact cause of the collapse, {\an8}as the project moves forward,
there's no doubt lessons
will have been learned. {\an8}as the project moves forward,
there's no doubt lessons
will have been learned. {\an8}It's an unfortunate thing
what happened, {\an8}but, you know,
it has the attention now

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The eroded embankment collapsed like a landslide,
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pulling the earth and the road with it.
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[Marie] I really hope that for future projects
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on our highways
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that they would really study this project,
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the collapse of it, what happened.
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[narrator] Whatever the exact cause of the collapse,
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{\an8}as the project moves forward, there's no doubt lessons will have been learned.
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{\an8}as the project moves forward, there's no doubt lessons will have been learned.
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{\an8}It's an unfortunate thing what happened,
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{\an8}but, you know, it has the attention now.
Duration
34 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:08
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
4
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 • E05 And then we put Styrofoam blocks in, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
And then we put Styrofoam blocks in,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Ultimately, it seems the problem is that this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
NARRATOR: Ultimately, it seems the problem is that this
S06 • E10 [narrator] The 2010 collapse - Engineering Catastrophes 00:35
[narrator] The 2010 collapse
S06 • E01 [narrator] In 2021, authorities admitted - Engineering Catastrophes 00:31
[narrator] In 2021, authorities admitted
S06 • E06 Now overgrown by nature, it's another memory of a long, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Now overgrown by nature, it's another memory of a long,
S06 • E08 That worked really well, but then it blew off later, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
That worked really well, but then it blew off later,
S06 • E09 Probably the systems now are already - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Probably the systems now are already
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: With the mistake corrected, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
NARRATOR: With the mistake corrected,
S06 • E05 It's the perfect solution. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
It's the perfect solution.
S06 • E03 Well out of reach of any moving ice. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Well out of reach of any moving ice.
S06 • E08 [narrator] Adding aluminum edges - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
[narrator] Adding aluminum edges
S06 • E06 {\an8}[narrator] In 1995, the Schwerbelastungskorper - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
{\an8}[narrator] In 1995, the Schwerbelastungskorper
S06 • E02 They'd been talking about i all year on TV, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
They'd been talking about i all year on TV,
S06 • E05 {\an8}[narrator] Today, the new and improved retaining wall - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
{\an8}[narrator] Today, the new and improved retaining wall
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: For now, the centerpiece of this square - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
NARRATOR: For now, the centerpiece of this square
S06 • E03 [narrator] Three years afte the catastrophe, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] Three years afte the catastrophe,
S06 • E07 {\an8}Mistakes can happen, but there's - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
{\an8}Mistakes can happen, but there's
S06 • E09 Personally, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Personally,
S06 • E01 It's still going to be a critical length. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
It's still going to be a critical length.
S06 • E04 {\an8}And I really do expect we're going to end up with a roadway - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
{\an8}And I really do expect we're going to end up with...