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This is the old part of the city

Engineering Catastrophes

This is the old partof the city. The streets were builtfor small buildings The streets...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E06 • 2018

This is the old part
of the city. The streets were built
for small buildings The streets were built
for small buildings and then replaced
by skyscrapers. You can imagine
there's very little room
to move. [narrator] In early 2016,
one historic building needed to upgrade
its modern conveniences. So work began to install
air conditioning units on the roof 370 feet up. {\an8}This art deco office block
is more than 20 stories tall, {\an8}so it needed a monster machine
to match

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This is the old part of the city.

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The streets were built for small buildings

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The streets were built for small buildings

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and then replaced by skyscrapers.

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You can imagine there's very little room to move.

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[narrator] In early 2016, one historic building needed

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to upgrade its modern conveniences.

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So work began to install air conditioning units

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on the roof 370 feet up.

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{\an8}This art deco office block is more than 20 stories tall,

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{\an8}so it needed a monster machine to match.

Duration

35 seconds

Views

17

Timestamp in Movie

00:03:55

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

6

Genres

Production

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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.