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Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.

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The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.

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S12, EP5 "Engineering Disasters: New Orleans"

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, submerging 80% underwater due to levee and pumping system failures; investigate engineering causes behind Superdome nightmare, major escape route design flaws, and Louisiana coastline sinking issues.

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S12, EP32 "Breakfast Tech"

Breakfast technology slices, squeezes, sorts, and cooks to keep orange juice fresh and cereals flaked; explore USS Stennis meal preparation for sailors, Tyson bacon processing, Sunkist orange squeezing, and McDonald's McGriddle pancake production.

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S13, EP15 "Engineering Disasters of the '70s"

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster; the explosion of a supertanker in Los Angeles Harbor.

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
3 seasons available on demand
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