Engineering Catastrophes
TV-PG
6.8
2018
Documentary
From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.
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Episode 10 : Chemical Plant Calamity
December. 20,2023
An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.
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Episode 9 : Shopping Center Tragedy
December. 13,2023
Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
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Episode 8 : The Bronx Sinkhole
December. 06,2023
A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
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Episode 7 : Gas Leak Catastrophe
November. 29,2023
Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
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Episode 6 : Art School Inferno
November. 22,2023
A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
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Episode 5 : Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
November. 15,2023
An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
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Episode 4 : The Fern Hollow Fiasco
November. 08,2023
A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
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Episode 3 : Tower Crane Calamity
November. 01,2023
A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
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Episode 2 : Island Observatory Failure
October. 25,2023
An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
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Episode 1 : Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
October. 18,2023
Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline
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