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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.
S6, EP17 "Gold Mines"
Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love; the story of the hunters of the precious metal and their methods for extracting it.
S2, EP8 "Oil"
From the first well in Pennsylvania to the gushing Spindletop and modern supertankers, the story of oil is the story of civilization as we know it; a look at the ingenious and outrageous men who risked a lot for "black gold" and unimaginable wealth.
S3, EP13 "The Alaskan Oil Pipeline"
In 1973, a desperate America, starved by an OPEC embargo, began construction on an 800-mile lifeline for its oil hunger; study the technological triumph of the Alaskan oil pipeline built over mountains and tundra, where temperatures drop below zero.
S4, EP6 "U.S. Mints: Money Machines"
A visit to the United States Mint and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to see the secretive government facilities where the legal tender is generated; with a storied past as tantalizing as the wealth they create, these mints can spit fortunes.
