Name: Engineering Catastrophes
Released: 2019-06-24T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

Investigate the causes of, and lessons learned from, the world’s most dramatic engineering disasters. Dive in with design teams, eyewitnesses, and a panel of experts to identify critical errors and fixes that will keep history from repeating itself.

2019 · 44m

EPISODE 8

Episode 8

Strap in as a historic Pennsylvania bridge is rocked by Mother Nature, while a New York neighborhood faces a construction catastrophe. Learn why a hospital parking lot is swallowed up in Naples, Italy, and check cracks on a busy London viaduct.

42m
EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Sift through the rubble of a Texas fertilizer factory with firefighting experts to determine the cause of its cataclysmic destruction. Learn why the flaming building exploded with the force of 7.5 tons of TNT, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.

41m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

A devastating earthquake wreaks havoc on an iconic San Francisco bridge and leaves drivers fearing for their lives; experts use the latest science to investigate and uncover a weakened expansion joint caused by catastrophic shockwaves.

41m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Cruise along the A-7 highway on Spain’s Mediterranean coast for a look at the soaring, rebuilt Almuñécar bridge. Examine how, in 2005, a massive 40-metre-high scaffold collapsed, plunging 6 construction workers to their death on the valley floor.

41m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Size up the huge crack in a bridge girder that brought one of the nation’s busiest freight corridors to its knees. Review the reasons for the frantic closure of this Mississippi icon, which stopped road and river traffic but ultimately saved lives.

41m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Identify the chain of events that unleashed hell on a major crude-oil hub in Texas. Follow investigators as they determine how a routine dredging operation severed a huge underwater propane pipeline, which then exploded and killed five workers.

41m

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