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Extreme Engineering (2003)

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Each episode of Extreme Engineering features a major construction and engineering project. Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. Other projects are those under construction like the Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Alps. Still other episodes showcase futuristic projects that may never be built, like the Transatlantic Tunnel. Most episodes examine possible disaster scenarios that could threaten the projects.

Documentary · Starring Danny Forster, Joseph Giotta, Larc Spies, John Littlefield

Season 1 episodes

  1. Episode 1: Tokyo's Sky City
  2. Episode 2: Subways in America
  3. Episode 3: Transatlantic Tunnel
  4. Episode 4: City in a Pyramid
  5. Episode 5: Bridging the Bering Strait
  6. Episode 6: Tunneling Under the Alps
  7. Episode 7: Building Hong Kong's Airport
  8. Episode 8: Holland's Barriers to the Sea
  9. Episode 9: Boston's Big Dig
  10. Episode 10: Widening the Panama Canal

Seasons: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9

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