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S1 E5 Race to the Underground

Documentary

TV-14

42 minutes

Nov 6, 2021

After the London Underground becomes the first subway system in the world, visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first one in America. But being first will mean overcoming unprecedented engineering challenges.Starring: Ian Karr, Robert Ashe, Elliot Balchin, Kamil Borowski, Brandon Burke, David Gilliam, John Tueart, Michael Whittam

Season 1, 7 Episodes

Season 1 (7 Episodes)

Race for the Railroad,

Two rival rail companies will stop at nothing to best each other while competing to create the most ambitious engineering project the world has ever seen—an unprecedented railroad that crosses through the wild American continent.

Two master roadbuilders spend decades struggling to create a highway system that connects every city and town in America. It will be the greatest public works project in history.

The Panama Canal,

Two powerful nations—France and America—compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Race to the Underground,

After the London Underground becomes the first subway system in the world, visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first one in America. But being first will mean overcoming unprecedented engineering challenges.

Cable Across the Sea,

A century before the Internet, two brave visionaries, Collin Perry and Cyrus Field, endure failure and heartache while risking everything to connect the United States to the rest of the world with a cable under the ocean.

Battle of the Bridges,

Braving treacherous waters 350 feet deep, gale-force winds and earthquakes, obsessed engineer Joseph Strauss and President Herbert Hoover battle to build the two longest suspension bridges of all time in San Francisco: The Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge.

The Hoover Dam,

A hard-driving engineer with a reputation for excellence is on a quest to tame one of the wildest rivers in the United States, bringing much needed water to the arid American West.

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The Engineering That Built The World

Documentary

TV-14

1 Season

42 minutes

Can you imagine a world where traveling across the country takes months and puts your life in danger? This series sheds light on how these brilliant engineering innovations shaped our nation and built the better world we know today.

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