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Engineering Catastrophes

  • 2018 – 2023
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~42m / ep
  • 7 seasons
  • 6.2/10

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.

Latest: Season 7 · 2023

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  1. E1. Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse

    Oct 18, 2023 · 41m

    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

  2. E2. Island Observatory Failure

    Oct 25, 2023 · 41m

    An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.

  3. E3. Tower Crane Calamity

    Nov 1, 2023 · 41m

    A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.

  4. E4. The Fern Hollow Fiasco

    Nov 8, 2023 · 42m

    A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.

  5. E5. Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

    Nov 15, 2023 · 42m

    An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.

  6. E6. Art School Inferno

    Nov 22, 2023 · 41m

    A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.

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