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Engineering Catastrophes

As the city reeled, the public beganasking questions. The Bay Bridge had been builtto...

[woman speaking over radio] [narrator] As the city reeled, the public began
asking questions. The Bay Bridge had been built
to withstand earthquakes, so why had it failed?

Full Transcript

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[woman speaking over radio]
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[narrator] As the city reeled,
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the public began asking questions.
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The Bay Bridge had been built to withstand earthquakes,
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so why had it failed?
Duration
12 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:55
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
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 • E07 Looking at the chemical inventory, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Looking at the chemical inventory,
S06 • E02 So that if something does go wrong, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
So that if something does go wrong,
S06 • E06 {\an8}Not a hurricane or a storm type wind, it was windy. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
{\an8}Not a hurricane or a storm type wind, it was windy.
S06 • E09 It had concrete columns that were in what was - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
It had concrete columns that were in what was
S06 • E01 [narrator] In West Texas, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] In West Texas,
S06 • E07 WALKER: To put this into perspective, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
WALKER: To put this into perspective,
S06 • E06 [narrator] But with a crane this size, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] But with a crane this size,
S06 • E04 If that beam had completely cracked, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
If that beam had completely cracked,
S06 • E02 In a dense urban area, it's jut not the way to do this. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
In a dense urban area, it's jut not the way to do th...
S06 • E03 [narrator] In the wake of the disaster, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] In the wake of the disaster,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The fact that flash flooding - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: The fact that flash flooding
S06 • E05 The pipelines are very well marked. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
The pipelines are very well marked.
S06 • E10 [narrator] In 1989, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
[narrator] In 1989,
S06 • E01 Everything was just a mess, but you couldn't tell what it was - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Everything was just a mess, but you couldn't tell what ...
S06 • E08 Uh, because often once one thing fails, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Uh, because often once one thing fails,
S06 • E02 [Bracken] Debris is going t go everywhere. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[Bracken] Debris is going t go everywhere.
S06 • E04 [narrator] The bridge inspector's swift action likely saved lives. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:37
[narrator] The bridge inspector's swift action likely s...
S06 • E09 The foundations were built in actually a sandy type of soil - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The foundations were built in actually a sandy type of soil
S06 • E07 If it went off, the devastation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
If it went off, the devastation
S06 • E01 [narrator] Investigators focused on the chemicals - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] Investigators focused on the chemicals