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Tracks in this Playlist

Bridge Demolition is Complicated
Why Roads Get Washboards
Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World
The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick
The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure
This Spillway Failed On Purpose
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild
How Earthquake Bearings Work
So You Want to Build a Tunnel...
Do Retention Ponds Actually Work?
The Hidden Engineering of Runways
Recreating an Ancient Pump (with no moving parts)
Sawing a Dam in Half (on Purpose)
Hurricane vs. Tiny Houses
The Hidden Engineering Behind the Falkirk Wheel
Concrete's Greatest Weakness is Time
The Hidden Engineering of Niagara Falls
The Bizarre Bases of Antenna Towers
An Engineer's Perspective on the Texas Floods
The Weirdest Tool in Underwater Construction
California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath
Why Are There No Short Arch Dams?
The Hidden Engineering of Floating Bridges
How Liquid Dampers in Skyscrapers Work
How Water Recycling Works
Why are Smokestacks So Tall?
The Most Implausible Tunneling Method
When Abandoned Mines Collapse
When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe
Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?
This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse
All Dams Are Temporary
A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges
What’s Inside a Manhole?
Why are the Dutch So Good at Waterworks?
The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction
The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife Crossings
What’s the Deal with Base Plates?
Which Power Plant Does My Electricity Come From?
Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?
1.5 Years of Heavy Construction in 1.5 Hours
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure
Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
When Infrastructure Gets Hacked
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
Why Are Texas Interchanges So Tall?
How French Drains Work
When Natural Gas Had No Smell
Why Bridges Don't Sink
This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed
The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid
Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions
Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
Why Fish Ladders (Mostly) Work
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines
How To Install a Pipeline Under a Railroad
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires
How The Channel Tunnel Works
How Railroad Crossings Work
How Engineers Straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints
Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars)
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 5
How Much Is a Human Worth? (according to engineers)
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4
Why Are Rails Shaped Like That?
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 3
Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 Minutes
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 1
Every Construction Machine Explained in 15 Minutes
Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?
Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse Explained
Why Is Desalination So Difficult?
Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad?
How Flood Tunnels Work
What Really Happened During the Gas Explosions in the Merrimack Valley?
How Sensors Keep Bridges From Collapsing (and other structures too)
East Palestine Train Derailment Explained
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget
Why Rivers Move
The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water
Why Some Roads Are Made of Styrofoam
What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina?
How Different Spillway Gates Work
How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian
What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?
3 Million!
How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?
How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid?
Engineering In Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 16) #shorts
The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space Shuttle
Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 15) #shorts
What's the Difference Between Paint and Coatings?