The Engineering That Built the World
TV Show · Documentary · History

History adds another spin-off of its "That Built" franchise, this time chronicling the stories of the visionaries behind the most epic builds of the past two centuries. The eight-part series looks at iconic structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Panama Canal, the Statue of Liberty, the Hoover Dam and the Transcontinental Railroad. Also included are unknown tales of rivalries, egos, backdoor politics and the brilliant innovations behind iconic feats of engineering that made the future possible.

2021 · 1h 0m
Starring Daniel Dickrell, Yohuru Williams, Jeffrey Engel

Season 1

  • EPISODE 3
    Road Warriors
    Two master roadbuilders spend decades struggling to create a highway system that connects every city and town in America. It will be the greatest public works project in history.
    41m
  • EPISODE 4
    The Panama Canal
    Two powerful nations--France and America--compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Completing it will cost 30 thousand lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming every obstacle imaginable--from mudslides to malaria to bankruptcy.
    41m
  • EPISODE 5
    Race to the Underground
    After the London Underground becomes the first subway system in the world, visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first one in America. But being first will mean overcoming unprecedented engineering challenges.
    40m
  • EPISODE 6
    Cable Across the Sea
    A century before the Internet, two brave visionaries, Collin Perry and Cyrus Field, endure failure and heartache while risking everything to connect the United States to the rest of the world with a cable under the ocean.
    40m

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Cast & Crew

  • D‌D
    Daniel Dickrell
    Self
  • Y‌W
    Yohuru Williams
    Self
  • J‌E
    Jeffrey Engel
    Self
  • J‌B
    James B. Meigs
    Self
  • Lindsay Graham
    Self
  • I‌K
    Ian Karr
    Narrator
  • Steve Ascher
    Producer
  • K‌S
    Kristine Sabat
    Producer
  • M‌P
    Matt Pearl
    Producer
  • J‌P
    Jim Pasquarella
    Producer
  • B‌T
    Brooke Townsend
    Producer

About

The Engineering That Built the World

Documentary

History adds another spin-off of its "That Built" franchise, this time chronicling the stories of the visionaries behind the most epic builds of the past two centuries. The eight-part series looks at iconic structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Panama Canal, the Statue of Liberty, the Hoover Dam and the Transcontinental Railroad. Also included are unknown tales of rivalries, egos, backdoor politics and the brilliant innovations behind iconic feats of engineering that made the future possible.

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HISTORY
Released
2021
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United States
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