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Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it; Americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists.

Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it; Americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists.

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S14, EP5 "Alaskan Fishing"

A large factory-fishing boat hunts down, catches and processes 300 tons of Alaskan pollock each day in the Bering Sea; the crew reveals the inner workings of one of the most sophisticated and complex vessels afloat.

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S10, EP54 "Commercial Fishing"

Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it; Americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists.

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S6, EP19 "The Erie Canal"

Begun in 1817, the Erie Canal was an engineering wonder of 363 miles of water highway linking the western frontier to the Atlantic seaboard; it took eight years to construct and thousands of hours of brutal labor.

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S6, EP21 "Aswan Dam"

In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser needed to harness the flow of the world's longest river: the Nile. The Aswan High Dam socially, politically, culturally, and agriculturally affected Egypt.

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S19, EP4 "Power Tools"

Adam Richman visits power tool manufacturing mecca DeWalt, where he discovers how they're using cutting-edge technology to make cutting-edge tools.

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S19, EP2 "Heavy Machinery"

Adam learns the true meaning of heavy when he visits legendary heavy equipment manufacturer: John Deere; big machines do big jobs, and he gets an inside look at how top brands like SANY and JCB are pushing the envelope on what these machines can do.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
5 seasons available on demand
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