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Modern Marvels (1993 – ...)

1993 • 23 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG
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Season 14

Modern Marvels · S14E19 — Engineering Disasters of the '70s

May 30, 2007 · 44 min

Synopsis

Mistakes are an inevitable part of being human, yet when those errors lead to the tragic loss of life, they become devastating disasters. Consider the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, the catastrophic failure of the Buffalo Creek Dam, and the sudden, violent explosion that rocked Los Angeles Harbor.