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Engineering Catastrophes

This impact could have causeda shift in the column, which would have had a progressive...

This impact could have caused
a shift in the column, which would have had a progressive impact on
the rest of the structure, NARRATOR: Although it was
impossible to confirm from the wreckage, reports said the damage
had been fixed

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This impact could have caused a shift in the column,
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which would have had
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a progressive impact on the rest of the structure,
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NARRATOR: Although it was impossible to confirm
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from the wreckage,
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reports said the damage had been fixed.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:50
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 • E04 They... they do not bring the structure down. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
They... they do not bring the structure down.
S06 • E06 Once in place, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
Once in place,
S06 • E04 [Joel] There was a lot of speculation about exactly what went wrong. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[Joel] There was a lot of speculation about exactly what wen...
S06 • E08 [narrator] Property owner Thor Mitskog heard the devastating news. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Property owner Thor Mitskog heard the devastating...
S06 • E03 But although it seems rock solid, granite is porous - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
But although it seems rock solid, granite is porous
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: As Geoff demonstrates, the system allowing - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: As Geoff demonstrates, the system allowing
S06 • E09 KWAMI: Records show that although the damaged column - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
KWAMI: Records show that although the damaged column
S06 • E04 [narrator] So what actually went wrong? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
[narrator] So what actually went wrong?
S06 • E03 [narrator] When the bridge was built, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] When the bridge was built,
S06 • E08 I mean, what the hell happened? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
I mean, what the hell happened?
S06 • E01 [Simon] Wherever it is, there's one key feature, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
[Simon] Wherever it is, there's one key feature,
S06 • E07 We're looking at a model to show the primary components of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
We're looking at a model to show the primary components...
S06 • E06 Supporting the columns above, meaning that the bolts are essentially redundant. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Supporting the columns above, meaning that the bolts are ess...
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The crane's impact may or may not - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
NARRATOR: The crane's impact may or may not
S06 • E05 [narrator] A judicial inquiry was launched - Engineering Catastrophes 00:32
[narrator] A judicial inquiry was launched
S06 • E10 From an engineering perspective, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
From an engineering perspective,
S06 • E01 Limestone interacts with the acidic rainwater - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
Limestone interacts with the acidic rainwater
S06 • E02 [narrator] When the heavy barges struck the pier. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
[narrator] When the heavy barges struck the pier.
S06 • E06 We don't want the building structurally - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
We don't want the building structurally
S06 • E08 [narrator] Thankfully despite the sudden and dramatic collapse, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] Thankfully despite the sudden and dramatic collap...