

Engineering Catastrophes
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S2 E1 - Hell Tower NYC
October 10, 201842minA New York City skyscraper that could topple at any moment, a city street that collapses, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa are serious engineering emergencies, and experts use cutting edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E2 - Skyscraper vs. Sinkhole
October 17, 201842minA skyscraper sinking into the earth, the world's strongest wall in crisis and a deadly bridge are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use technology to reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E3 - Nightmare on Main Street
October 24, 201842minA railroad bridge on the edge of disaster, a nightmare in a fairy-tale town and a huge cathedral in calamity are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E4 - The Towering Inferno
October 31, 201842minA skyscraper causing hellish heat in downtown Dallas, a swarm of sinkholes and a landmark with a fatal secret are engineering catastrophes in need of repair.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E5 - Terror at Doomsday Dam
November 7, 201842minWhen America's tallest dam threatens to burst, a nearby town finds itself an hour away from total annihilation, and engineers use cutting edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E6 - Hellfire USA
November 14, 201842minA fire in an American town burning since 1962, a flood that threatens Chicago skyscrapers, and a town swallowed by the sea are engineering disasters in need of repair, and experts reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E7 - Sins of Ghost Vegas
November 27, 201842minAn abandoned Vegas-style getaway with a deadly secret, a ghost town sinking into the earth and a passenger train on a course for disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E8 - Highway to Hell
December 5, 201842minA skyscraper raining deadly bolts on the streets below, a highway on the brink of collapse and a catastrophic landslide are engineering crises in need of repair.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E9 - NASA Under Pressure
December 12, 201842minWhen catastrophe strikes Skylab, life on Earth is threatened by a space station cratering toward Earth, and NASA experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E10 - Ghost Town from Hell
December 19, 201842minA detonated building mysteriously refuses to fall, an American ghost town with a deadly legacy and wind turbines on the brink of disaster are engineering disasters in need of repair.Subscribe to discovery+ or Max or purchaseS2 E11 - When Demolitions Go Wrong
February 12, 201942minEngineers race for cutting edge solutions to bring down buildings that refuse to fall, and at work sites in Las Vegas and Russia, experts see if they can succeed where the world's most powerful explosives fail.This title is unavailable due to expired rightsS2 E12 - Explosions From Hell
February 19, 201942minEngineers race for cutting edge solutions to bring down buildings that refuse to fall, and at the world-renowned Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, experts try to succeed when the world's most powerful explosives fail.This title is unavailable due to expired rights