Modern Marvels
Season 11.

55. Engineering Disasters (11)

Air date: 2004-10-26 · 60 min

Disasters profiled are a liquid natural gas explosion in Cleveland, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt walkway, flooding of the Yangtze River in 1931, as well as sinkholes caused by sewer collapses in San Francisco and Atlanta. Also features the impacts of asbestos on the modern world.

56. The World's Longest Bridge

Air date: 2004-10-27 · 60 min

58. M1 Abrams Supertank!

Air date: 2004-10-29 · 60 min

59. Engineering Disasters (12)

Air date: 2004-11-09 · 60 min

Featured disasters and mishaps include the malfunctioning baggage carousel at the Denver International Airport, the Texas A&M bonfire, the M-4 Sherman tank, the 1993 Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster, and the collapse of the Skyline Plaza.

60. Surveillance Tech

Air date: 2004-11-10 · 60 min

61. Engineering Disasters (13)

Air date: 2004-11-16 · 60 min

Engineering disasters profiled in this episode include flaws in the Patriot Missle system, the Cocoanut Grove night club fire, a failed building demolition, the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, and a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, NY.

62. Sub Disasters

Air date: 2004-11-17 · 60 min

63. Engineering Disasters (14)

Air date: 2004-11-23 · 60 min

Profiled are disasters involving a freeway ramp collapse, a fighter plane crash, a subway tunnel cave in, an explosion on an oil tanker, and a flash flood of molasses.

64. Movie Theaters

Air date: 2004-11-24 · 60 min

65. Washington Monument

Air date: 2004-12-01 · 60 min

66. Engineering Disasters (15)

Air date: 2004-12-08 · 60 min

Engineering disasters profiled include a flood in Chicago, tunnel fires in the Alpine, a riverboat explosion, a building collapse, and a plane crash.

67. Snackfood Tech (1)

Air date: 2004-12-16 · 60 min

68. Commercial Fishing

Air date: 2004-12-21 · 60 min

69. Dangerous Cargo (2)

Air date: 2004-12-21 · 60 min

70. Ancient Discoveries (1)

Air date: 2004-12-22 · 60 min

71. Ancient Discoveries (2)

Air date: 2004-12-22 · 60 min

72. Ancient Discoveries (3)

Air date: 2004-12-22 · 60 min

73. Engineering Disasters (16)

Air date: 2004-12-23 · 60 min

Engineering Disasters: Gasoline explosion in a sewer pipe in Guadalajara, Mexico; Cargo door flies off of a 1974 flight over Paris resulting in over 300 deaths; The bursting of two mining damns in 1985 Italy, sees the town of Stava almost wiped off the face of the Earth; New London, Texas school explosion caused by natural gas, resulting in the death of 319 students & teachers; 1967 grounding of the Torrey Canyon tanker off the coast of England and the worlds' introduction to supertanker oil spills and problems with autopilot technology.

74. Doomsday Tech (1)

Air date: 2004-12-28 · 60 min

75. Doomsday Tech (2)

Air date: 2004-12-28 · 60 min

76. The Computer

Air date: 2012-02-06 · 60 min