Massive Engineering Mistakes
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- S1 E1 - Episode 1April 4, 201845minHumans have been building for more than ten thousand years - we're engineering experts and yet every year, tales emerge of construction calamites from all over the world. From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. We analyse what went wrong with each building blunder.Join Prime
- S1 E2 - Episode 2April 11, 201845minIn downtown San Francisco, what's causing a skyscraper to sink?Join Prime
- S1 E3 - Episode 3April 18, 201845minWhat brought a Pennsylvania railroad bridge to its knees?Join Prime
- S1 E4 - Episode 4April 25, 201845minDowntown Chicago is in the grip of an engineering emergency.Join Prime
- S1 E5 - Episode 5May 2, 201845minIn Dallas, a shining skyscraper is dazzling its neighbours, but why?Join Prime
- S1 E6 - Episode 6May 9, 201845minOver a hundred thousand people evacuate their homes, as America's tallest dam struggles to hold back storm waters.Join Prime
- S1 E7 - Episode 7May 16, 201845minAn age-old engineering catastrophe is causing Baltimore's sewers to back up.Join Prime
- S1 E8 - Episode 8May 23, 201845minBolts the size of an arm fall from a London skyscraper, but what's causing them to crack?Join Prime
- S1 E9 - Episode 9May 30, 201845minAmerica's first space station, Skylab, was nearly destroyed on launch, then fell back to Earth.Join Prime
- S1 E10 - Episode 10June 6, 201845minThousands gather to watch two apartment blocks get blown to the ground, but one tower refused to fall.Join Prime
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