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Engineering Catastrophes

We stopped fishingand we started looking around to kind of see, "Well,00 a.m. without...

We stopped fishing
and we started looking around to kind of see, "Well,
where is this coming from?" [narrator] At 2:00 a.m. without warning, a 160 foot section of the bridge had collapsed into the water below. The night was dark,
and we couldn't really see
what was going on

Full Transcript

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We stopped fishing and we started looking around
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to kind of see, "Well, where is this coming from?"
00:00:05.044 --> 00:00:07.878
[narrator] At 2:00 a.m. without warning,
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a 160 foot section of the bridge
00:00:10.096 --> 00:00:13.638
had collapsed into the water below.
00:00:13.064 --> 00:00:17.198
The night was dark, and we couldn't really see what was going on.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:57
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
2
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 • E03 [narrator] But this Imperial Bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:42
[narrator] But this Imperial Bridge
S06 • E09 The construction involved cast-in-place - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
The construction involved cast-in-place
S06 • E06 Definitely a place that is fast growing - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Definitely a place that is fast growing
S06 • E05 [narrator] In this case, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] In this case,
S06 • E01 [narrator] A gaping sinkhol that kept growing, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] A gaping sinkhol that kept growing,
S06 • E10 [narrator] This is one of those subdivisions - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] This is one of those subdivisions
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: One major challenge was to achieve the necessary - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: One major challenge was to achieve the necessary
S06 • E06 [narrator] As the population boomed, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] As the population boomed,
S06 • E09 Crews can keep moving forward with construction on site while - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Crews can keep moving forward with construction on site whil...
S06 • E01 I see this massive hole in front of me. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
I see this massive hole in front of me.
S06 • E09 It's kind of like a factory line - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It's kind of like a factory line
S06 • E02 At this point we, literally, think that we're under attack. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
At this point we, literally, think that we're under att...
S06 • E08 Veteran journalist Eileen Pace knows this quaint town well. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Veteran journalist Eileen Pace knows this quaint town well.
S06 • E02 [narrator] Fledgling reporte Bertha Gonzalez, then just 20 years old, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] Fledgling reporte Bertha Gonzalez, then just 2...
S06 • E07 {\an8}so you really want to avoid anything that could upset - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
{\an8}so you really want to avoid anything that could upset
S06 • E10 It was my first home - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
It was my first home
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The parking garage was made of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: The parking garage was made of
S06 • E06 There were plans for expansion of more beds and more emergency care. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
There were plans for expansion of more beds and more emergen...
S06 • E08 There's a lot of water around here, a lot of recreation. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
There's a lot of water around here, a lot of recreation...
S06 • E02 It was so close, days away from the 9/11 attacks. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
It was so close, days away from the 9/11 attacks.