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PURCELL: The floating track slab allows that noise to be brought down even lower, that on the surface, you won't hear anything when you're watching
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It takes over 150 tons ofconcrete reinforced with steel bars to form each...

Nova S50E01 1974
PURCELL:The floating track slaballows that noise to be brought down even lower, that on the surface, you won't hear anything whenyou're watching "Hamlet." NARRATOR:It takes over 150 tons ofconcrete reinforced with steel bars to form each 100-foot-longfloating track slab. So what you can see behind younow is all the guys assembling thetrack. We've got all thereinforcements complete. The spring housings are allinstalled. We got all the rail,and this slab is being set up to cast the concrete on top

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PURCELL The floating track slab allows that noise
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to be brought down even lower
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that on the surface
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you won't hear anything when you're watching Hamlet
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NARRATOR It takes over 150 tons of concrete
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reinforced with steel bars
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to form each 100 foot long floating track slab
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So what you can see behind you now
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is all the guys assembling the track
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We've got all the reinforcements complete
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The spring housings are all installed
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We got all the rail and this slab is being set up
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to cast the concrete on top
Duration
38 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:23
Uploaded
Feb 03, 2026
Season
50
Episode
1
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Science documentaries about various topics.