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Impossible Engineering

2015–2021

Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating buildings, war ships and spacecraft are built and work. As the show revels in these modern day creations, it also leaps back in time to recount the stories of the exceptional engineers whose technological advances made it all possible.

First aired
13 Apr 2015
Episode length
42 min
Also known as
Construire l'impossible, 奇迹工程, メガ建造～不可能への挑戦～, Cuda inżynierii
Country
United States
Language
English
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 82 episodes

  • Season 1

    2015

  • Season 2

    2016

    How does a cruise ship containing 18 decks and 6,000 guests stay afloat? How was the world's heaviest man-made structure built? Which construction can hold the most football fans in the world? The second season answers these questions, and more.

  • Season 3

    2017

  • Season 4: Extreme Railroads

    Season 4 · 2018

    Since their spectacular rise in the 19th century, railroads have been at the cutting edge of engineering and technology and that remains true, even today. Extreme Railroads shines a light on the world's most extraordinary rail systems, including New York's Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge, Japan's Bullet Train and California's Central Pacific Railroad.

  • Season 5

    2019

    The new season includes Hudson Yards Project, a large-scale redevelopment program; the New Safe Containment being constructed around Chernobyl's damaged nuclear reactor; the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, the largest warships ever designed, are currently being built and will introduce the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, which will launch aircraft with a state-of-the-art catapult system; and the London Array, the largest offshore wind farm on the planet.

  • Season 6: Extreme Railroads

    Season 6 · 2019

  • Season 7

    2020

  • Season 8

    2020

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