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Modern Marvels
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.
S2, EP3 "The TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority"
During the depths of the Depression, it was FDR's greatest triumph: a massive public works project that took a 40,000 square mile, disaster-prone river basin, and turned it into a model of industrial progress.
S5, EP12 "Hoover Dam"
The task was monumental: build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon, all in seven years; when the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world.
S2, EP14 "Eiffel Tower"
It was meant to be a temporary exhibit, a demonstration of French engineering acumen at the Paris World's Fair; but to Parisians, the tower, designed by the brash, young Gustave Eiffel, came to stand for much more.
S2, EP21 "Brooklyn Bridge"
Built with the pioneering use of steel-wire support cables, the Brooklyn Bridge became an instant symbol of American pride; rare photographs and behind-the-scenes stories recall the politics, the struggles, and the tragedies that made it possible.
S2, EP30 "Size Matters: Pyramids - Majesty and Mystery"
Standing majestically for centuries, the world's great pyramids have long inspired and mystified scholars; leading experts and historians explore the engineering genius that created some of the largest structures on the planet.
S2, EP13 "Gothic Cathedrals"
Built of stone and glass, persistence and prayer, gothic cathedrals are an epiphany of imagination and an articulation of joy; featured are such masterpieces as Chartres, Notre Dame and the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
