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Season 1 – The Engineering That Built the World

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History adds another spin-off of its "That Built" franchise, this time chronicling the stories of the visionaries behind the most epic builds of the past two centuries. The eight-part series looks at iconic structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Panama Canal, the Statue of Liberty, the Hoover Dam and the Transcontinental Railroad. Also included are unknown tales of rivalries, egos, backdoor politics and the brilliant innovations behind iconic feats of engineering that made the future possible.
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The Engineering That Built the World — Season 1

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Daniel Dickrell

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Ian Karr

Narrator

Steve Ascher

Executive Producer

Kristine Sabat

Executive Producer

Matt Pearl

Executive Producer

Jim Pasquarella

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 10, 2021 Race for the Railroad Two rival rail companies, led by Charles Crocker of the Central Pacific and Thomas Durant of the Union Pacific, stop at nothing to best each other. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 17, 2021 Liberty Rising A little-known 19th-century French artist embarks on a 20-year odyssey to build the tallest statue in the world and erect it on U.S. soil. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 24, 2021 Road Warriors Two master road builders spend decades struggling to create a highway system that connects every city and town in America; this will be one of the greatest public works projects in history. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 31, 2021 The Panama Canal France and America compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; it will cost 30,000 lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming many obstacles. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 7, 2021 Race to the Underground Visionary engineers in New York and Boston vie to build the first subway system in America, but must overcome unprecedented engineering challenges, deadly accidents, fierce political infighting, and the public's fear of the underground. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 14, 2021 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 21, 2021 Battle of the Bridges Obsessed engineer Joseph Strauss and President Herbert Hoover battle side by side to build the two longest suspension bridges of all time in San Francisco: The Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 21, 2021 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. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Steve Ascher, Kristine Sabat, Matt Pearl, Jim Pasquarella, Brooke Townsend
Network
History
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
History, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 10, 2021