Modern Marvels · SEASON 10
Engineering Disasters 5
Episode 86 · 2003-12-30
- Documentary
Episode overview
Examines some of the most notorious engineering failures of recent years and asks what went wrong and what we learned from them. We take viewers to the southern coast of Louisiana, where a misplaced oil rig caused an entire lake to be sucked into an underground salt mine; review the 1972 Buffalo Creek dam disaster; revisit the Exxon Valdez oil spill; see how radio and TV antenna towers collapse with alarming regularity; and look at the collision of two California icons–freeways and earthquakes!
44 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Trans-Siberian Railroad2003-01-01
2. Castles & Dungeons2003-01-07
3. Ice Road Truckers2003-01-30
4. Winter Warriors2003-01-31
5. Booby Traps2003-02-04
6. The Alcan Highway2003-02-11
7. Twin Towers of the East2003-03-04
8. The Mackinac Bridge2003-03-05
9. Bullet Trains2003-03-11
10. Non-Lethal Weapons2003-03-13
11. Space Stations2003-03-14
12. Army Corps of Engineers2003-03-18
13. Black Hawk: Night Stalker2003-03-26
14. Japanese Guns of WWII2003-03-26
15. Titanic Tech2003-04-01
16. Coal Mines2003-04-02
17. Secrets of the Acropolis2003-04-10
18. Machine Guns2003-04-30
19. Ball Turret Gunners2003-05-01
20. U.S. Guns of World War II2003-05-08
21. MiG 152003-05-10
22. T-34: Russian Victory2003-05-10
23. Tank Crews2003-05-15
24. Harley-Davidson2003-05-21
25. Torture Devices2003-05-22
26. Cosmodrome2003-05-26
27. Exterminator2003-06-03
28. Million Dollar Guns2003-06-07
29. High Voltage2003-06-24
30. 4x42003-06-22
31. Dangerous Cargo2003-06-25
32. Gunslingers2003-06-26
33. More Engineering Disasters2003-07-02
34. Engineering Disasters 42003-07-02
35. Nature Tech: Tsunamis2003-07-08
36. Logging Tech2003-07-09
37. Breaking the Sound Barrier2003-07-16
38. Car Crashes2003-07-23
39. Sandhogs2003-07-23
40. Convertibles2003-07-24
41. Loading Docks2003-07-30
42. Terror Tech: Military2003-08-05
43. Nature Tech: Tornadoes2003-08-05
44. Military Movers2003-08-06
45. Police Guns2003-08-07
46. Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise2003-08-12
47. Bullets2003-08-13
48. Aircraft Carrier2003-08-15
49. The Gunboats of Vietnam2003-08-18
50. Metal2003-08-19
51. Landmines2003-08-21
52. Space Shuttle Columbia2003-08-26
53. Overseas Highway2003-09-03
54. Terror Tech: Civilian2003-09-08
55. Machu Picchu2003-09-24
56. The PT Boats2003-09-24
57. The Battleships2003-09-24
58. Early Machine Guns2003-09-26
59. Smart Bombs2003-09-30
60. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway2003-10-15
61. Inviting Disaster 1: Three Mile Island2003-10-21
62. The Luftwaffe2003-10-22
63. Panzers2003-10-22
64. U-Boats2003-10-25
65. Inviting Disaster 2: The Kursk2003-10-28
66. FBI's Crime Lab2003-10-29
67. Inviting Disaster 3: Challenger and Columbia2003-11-04
68. Inviting Disaster 4, Building Failures2003-11-04
69. Shipyards2003-11-05
70. Guns of the Sky2003-11-07
71. Extreme Trucks2003-11-12
72. Guns of Infamy2003-11-17
73. ET Tech2003-11-25
74. Million Dollar Cars2003-11-26
75. The Technology of Lewis and Clark2003-04-28
76. B-52: Stratofortress2003-11-28
77. Extreme Sports Gadgets2003-12-02
78. Rolls Royce2003-12-02
79. Tailgating2003-12-03
80. Wheel Estate2003-12-03
81. Sports Cars2003-12-04
82. Technology of Kitty Hawk2003-12-17
83. Egyptian Pyramids2003-12-18
84. The Berlin Wall2003-12-19
85. Toys2003-12-23
86. Engineering Disasters 52003-12-30
