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Modern Marvels - Episode Guide

Season 1

Season 2

Balloons

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1999

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Las Vegas

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: May 14, 1995

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Tunnels

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1996

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Season 3

Tunnels

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1995

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Oil

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1995

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The Camera

Episode: 3x28 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1996

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Season 4

Aqueducts

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1996

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Season 5

Satellites

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Aug 17, 1997

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Radar

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1997

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Season 6

Aquariums

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Jul 27, 1998

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Bombs

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: May 13, 1999

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Airships

Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1999

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Engineering Disasters (1)

Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1999

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Examines what happens when engineers get their calculations wrong.

Dynamite

Episode: 6x25 | Airdate: Jun 21, 1999

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Hoover Dam

Episode: 6x27 | Airdate: Jul 12, 1999

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Parachutes

Episode: 6x32 | Airdate: Aug 23, 1999

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Newspapers

Episode: 6x33 | Airdate: Aug 31, 1999

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Fireworks

Episode: 6x34 | Airdate: Sep 6, 1999

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Simulators

Episode: 6x36 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1999

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Forts

Episode: 6x40 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1999

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Season 7

Bridges

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Feb 29, 2000

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Prisons

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2000

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Concrete

Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: May 31, 2000

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Race Cars

Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2000

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Traffic

Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2000

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Buses

Episode: 7x19 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2000

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Gold Mines

Episode: 7x20 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2000

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Banks

Episode: 7x21 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2000

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Trucks

Episode: 7x23 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2000

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Aswan Dam

Episode: 7x24 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2000

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Suez Canal

Episode: 7x33 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2000

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Season 8

Apollo 13

Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2001

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Computers

Episode: 8x11 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2001

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Engineering Disasters (3)

Episode: 8x12 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2001

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The background in the disasters that caused the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a 1961 nuclear accident in Idaho, the U.S. Air Force, Texas Tower radar station and the space disasters of Soyuz 11, the Mars Polar Lander, and Mars Climate Orbiter.

Codes

Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: May 21, 2001

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The M-16

Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2002

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Saloons

Episode: 8x23 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2001

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Cannons

Episode: 8x24 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2001

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Air Shows

Episode: 8x26 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2001

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West Point

Episode: 8x27 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2001

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Quarries

Episode: 8x28 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2001

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Bunkers

Episode: 8x33 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2001

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Cemeteries

Episode: 8x34 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2001

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War Games

Episode: 8x35 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2002

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Drive-Thru

Episode: 8x36 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2001

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Glass

Episode: 8x39 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2001

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Season 9

Siege Machines

Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2002

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Siege machines convert energy into mechanical force to breach barriers.

The F-14

Episode: 9x11 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2002

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Motors

Episode: 9x12 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2002

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The Wheel

Episode: 9x13 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2002

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Star City

Episode: 9x14 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2002

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Fire & Ice

Episode: 9x16 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2002

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Camouflage

Episode: 9x24 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2002

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Models

Episode: 9x25 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2002

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Hangars

Episode: 9x26 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2002

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Super Guns

Episode: 9x29 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2002

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Gasoline

Episode: 9x31 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2002

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Engines

Episode: 9x32 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2002

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Towing

Episode: 9x33 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2002

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Nordhausen

Episode: 9x35 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2002

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The Magnum

Episode: 9x38 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2002

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Magnets

Episode: 9x39 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2002

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Breweries

Episode: 9x40 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2002

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Home Tech

Episode: 9x45 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2001

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Cranes

Episode: 9x46 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2002

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Limos

Episode: 9x59 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2002

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Digi-Tech

Episode: 9x60 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2002

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Runways

Episode: 9x63 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2002

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Season 10

Coal Mines

Episode: 10x16 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2003

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MiG 15

Episode: 10x21 | Airdate: May 10, 2003

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Tank Crews

Episode: 10x23 | Airdate: May 15, 2003

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Cosmodrome

Episode: 10x26 | Airdate: May 26, 2003

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4x4

Episode: 10x37 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2003

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Sandhogs

Episode: 10x39 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2003

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Bullets

Episode: 10x47 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2003

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Metal

Episode: 10x50 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2003

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Landmines

Episode: 10x51 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2003

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Panzers

Episode: 10x63 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2003

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U-Boats

Episode: 10x64 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2001

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Shipyards

Episode: 10x69 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2003

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ET Tech

Episode: 10x73 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2003

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B-52

Episode: 10x76 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2003

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Tailgating

Episode: 10x79 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2003

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Toys

Episode: 10x85 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2003

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Season 11

The F-15

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2004

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Submarines

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2004

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Bible Tech

Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2004

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Engineering Disasters (6)

Episode: 11x15 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2004

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A look at some of history's most notorious engineering failures. Included are the USMC's Harrier Attack jet, the Piper Alpha North Sea oil platform fire, the collapse of the Pleasants Power Station cooling tower in West Virginia, and the derailment of high speed train in Germany. Also include is a look at the various close calls that almost led to nuclear war.

Hydraulics

Episode: 11x17 | Airdate: May 12, 2004

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D-Day Tech

Episode: 11x20 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2004

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Rubber

Episode: 11x22 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2004

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City Water

Episode: 11x23 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2004

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Robots

Episode: 11x25 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2004

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Apollo 11

Episode: 11x28 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2004

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Engineering Disasters (7)

Episode: 11x31 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2004

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Featured disasters include the Northridge Earthquake of 1994, the Baldwin Hills Dam collapses, the Electra airliner, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse, and the underground mine fire burning in Centralia, PA.

SOS Tech

Episode: 11x40 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2004

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Engineering Disasters (8)

Episode: 11x48 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2004

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Explosions of AP (a component in rocket fuel) at a PepCom AP plant in Henderson, Nevada. A section of the Mianus River bridge, a pin-and-hanger-bridge on Interstate 95 in Connecticut, collapsed dropping 4 vehicles into the river below. Ocean Ranger semi-submersible oil rig capsizes and sinks off the coast of Newfoundland killing all aboard. 1889 Johnstown Flood, killed 2,209 people, wiped the town off the map and was the worst 19th Century disaster in American history. Golfer Payne Stewart's private jet goes down for reasons still unknown.

Harvesting

Episode: 11x49 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2004

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Engineering Disasters (9)

Episode: 11x50 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2004

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Deadliest grain elevator explosion in the US caused by dust. A portion of the Schoharie Creek Bridge collapses with trucks & cars plunging into the river, due to erosion of the foundation by the river. The freighter Bright Field looses power heading into its New Orleans' port on the Mississippi River and crashes into the Riverwalk wharf. British R-101 airship disaster in 1930, resulted in 48 deaths and the ending of the British airship program. Sports arena roof failures. 1979 Rosemount Horizon arena's roof collapses during construction due to the construction crew ...

Engineering Disasters (10)

Episode: 11x52 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2004

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Disiasters discussed: Hutchinson, KS gas explosions, Tanker, Puerto Rican, explosion, Tropicana Casino garage collapse, the White Sea Canal project and the Bhopal chemical plant disaster.

Gas Tech

Episode: 11x54 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2004

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Engineering Disasters (11)

Episode: 11x55 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2004

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Disasters profiled are a liquid natural gas explosion in Cleveland, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt walkway, flooding of the Yangtze River in 1931, as well as sinkholes caused by sewer collapses in San Francisco and Atlanta. Also features the impacts of asbestos on the modern world.

Engineering Disasters (12)

Episode: 11x59 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2004

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Featured disasters and mishaps include the malfunctioning baggage carousel at the Denver International Airport, the Texas A&M bonfire, the M-4 Sherman tank, the 1993 Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster, and the collapse of the Skyline Plaza.

Engineering Disasters (13)

Episode: 11x61 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2004

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Engineering disasters profiled in this episode include flaws in the Patriot Missle system, the Cocoanut Grove night club fire, a failed building demolition, the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, and a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, NY.

Engineering Disasters (14)

Episode: 11x63 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2004

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Profiled are disasters involving a freeway ramp collapse, a fighter plane crash, a subway tunnel cave in, an explosion on an oil tanker, and a flash flood of molasses.

Engineering Disasters (15)

Episode: 11x66 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2004

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Engineering disasters profiled include a flood in Chicago, tunnel fires in the Alpine, a riverboat explosion, a building collapse, and a plane crash.

Engineering Disasters (16)

Episode: 11x73 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2004

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Engineering Disasters: Gasoline explosion in a sewer pipe in Guadalajara, Mexico; Cargo door flies off of a 1974 flight over Paris resulting in over 300 deaths; The bursting of two mining damns in 1985 Italy, sees the town of Stava almost wiped off the face of the Earth; New London, Texas school explosion caused by natural gas, resulting in the death of 319 students & teachers; 1967 grounding of the Torrey Canyon tanker off the coast of England and the worlds' introduction to supertanker oil spills and problems with autopilot technology.

The episode list was truncated because of the large number of episodes. Visit the seasons page to see individual seasons' episode guides.

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