Impossible Engineering (2015)
Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.
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1. Secrets of the Supertanker (Supertanker Europe)2020-07-15 · 42mThe world's biggest oil tanker is longer than four football fields and can haul 15,000 trucks worth of oil. Thanks to cutting-edge maritime engineering, this record-breaking vessel
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2. Seattle Super Bridge (Seattle's Floating Bridge)2020-07-22 · 42mEngineers in Seattle are building the world's first floating railway bridge, and to tackle this complex engineering challenge, they use new, innovative construction technology that
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3. Texas Super Skyscraper (The Independent)2020-07-29 · 42mThe Independent, a brand-new skyscraper in Texas is a gravity-defying engineering marvel with a one-of-a-kind shape, and to build it, experts use cutting-edge construction and desi
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4. World's Strongest Ship (Boka Vanguard)2020-08-05 · 42mThe world's largest heavy-left ship, the Boka Vanguard, can carry entire cruise ships halfway across the globe without stopping, and to do this, experts use cutting-edge maritime e
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Mike BrattonNarratorSusie Sheehy
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