Episode guide
Modern Marvels: Season 1
6 episodes · premiered Dec 10, 1993
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- Episode 1: Grand Coulee Dam Dec 10, 1993 · 44m The world’s largest concrete dam–and the largest concrete structure in the world–lies on the Columbia River in the State of Washington. B uilt in 1931, it is also one of the largest…
- Episode 2: The Empire State Building Jan 21, 1994 · 44m The remarkable story of how the landmark New York City skyscraper was constructed during the depths of the Depression. Requiring 10 million bricks and 60,000 tons of steel beams and using…
- Episode 3: The Panama Canal Mar 4, 1994 · 44m Chronicles one of the most incredible engineering feats of all time: construction of the 51-mile canal that took 10 years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of…
- Episode 4: Cruise Ships Mar 20, 1994 · 44m A large machine turned water city, cruise ships are exciting and new.
- Episode 5: Transatlantic Cable Mar 27, 1994 · 44m Looks at how one man’s vision and the cooperation between the U.S. and England resulted in an instant, reliable transcontinental mode of communication in the mid-1800s. See how wealthy…
- Episode 6: Mt. Rushmore. Mar 13, 1994 · 44m The incredible tale of how Gutzon Borglum created the world's largest sculpture by carving the faces of four US presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and…