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Engineering Catastrophes

There's nothing you could do. Within an hour,the whole structure had sunk by one foot, but...

There's nothing you could do. Within an hour,
the whole structure had sunk by one foot, but this was
only the beginning

Full Transcript

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There's nothing you could do.
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Within an hour, the whole structure
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had sunk by one foot,
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but this was only the beginning.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:34
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
8
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 • E04 In Miami, a DEA building had collapsed suddenly and without warning. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:37
In Miami, a DEA building had collapsed suddenly and without ...
S06 • E10 So there was one instance in which a resident was stuck for more than an hour. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
So there was one instance in which a resident was stuck for ...
S06 • E02 [narrator] As the soil absorbed the water and expanded, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
[narrator] As the soil absorbed the water and expanded,
S06 • E06 For the buildings on top, like the Embarcadero, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
For the buildings on top, like the Embarcadero,
S06 • E07 There is a problem with the cladding, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
There is a problem with the cladding,
S06 • E03 [narrator] For two days, the ground became more and more unstable, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] For two days, the ground became more and more ...
S06 • E08 [Dr. Goldsborough] I'm sure they thought it was just gonna - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[Dr. Goldsborough] I'm sure they thought it was just go...
S06 • E05 [narrator] Searching through the rubble and devastation, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] Searching through the rubble and devastation,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: In the world's windiest city, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: In the world's windiest city,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed
S06 • E01 [narrator] Worse was to come - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] Worse was to come
S06 • E08 [narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later,
S06 • E07 PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain,
S06 • E10 [narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest towers - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest tow...
S06 • E06 [narrator] But there's another weakness lurking - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] But there's another weakness lurking
S06 • E09 In the wreckage, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
In the wreckage,
S06 • E05 ...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible." - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible."
S06 • E03 [narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was definitively man-made. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was def...
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only
S06 • E02 [narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed,