All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Grasberg Mine: Gold Mine in the Clouds

    • July 9, 1998

    At 14,000 feet, in the remote jungles of New Guinea is the largest gold and copper deposit in the world. Getting to that deposit and building a profitable mine was one of the biggest engineering challenges ever.

  • S01E02 Hibernia GBS

    • January 1, 1998

    The Hibernia platform has three separate components: Topsides, Gravity Base Structure (GBS),Offshore Loading System (OLS). The completed platform was towed to the Hibernia oil field and positioned on the ocean floor in June of 1997 and began producing oil on November 17, 1997. The platform stands 224 meters high, which is half the height of New York's Empire State Building and 33 meters taller than the Calgary Tower.

  • S01E03 International Space Station

    • January 1, 1998

    International Space Station is one of the largest projects ever conceived and will take 45 space missions to provide the materials necessary to build the station.

  • S01E04 The Kansai International Airport

    • January 1, 1998

    The Kansai International Airport is just that - an island built to provide the space for an airport - an engineering marvel.

  • S01E05 London Underground

    • January 1, 1998

    London Underground, a system of rail lines, is still growing through the present day with the latest line expected to carry an incredible 30,000 people per hour in each direction!

  • S01E06 NORAD: Cheyenne Mountain

    • January 1, 1998

    NORAD: Cheyenne Mountain is an incredible 4.5 acre compound center that monitors the skies for unidentified aircraft, missile launches, space objects and even falling space debris.

  • S01E07 Panama Canal

    • January 1, 1998

    Deep in the jungles of Central America, man has battled nature to build an engineering marvel. Its epic story continues to astonish us.

  • S01E08 Skyscrapers

    • November 8, 1997
    • TLC

    These are the icons of success, symbols of power, ambition, and technological prowess. Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers and Chicago's Sears Tower are the focus in this fascinating survey of the history of this marvel of engineering.

  • S01E09 Eurotunnel

    • November 9, 1997
    • TLC

    Eurotunnel paints a vivid and exciting portrait of human ingenuity and the unflagging nature of mankind's pioneering spirit.

  • S01E10 Seawolf

    • November 9, 1997
    • TLC

    Called "the most complex military machine of the 20th Century," the $2.3 billion Seawolf submarine is a prototype for the U.S. Navy's undersea future.

  • S01E11 Snowy River

    • July 9, 1998

    This edition features the Snowy River Dam in New South Wales, Australia.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Boeing 747-400

    • July 9, 1998

    A look at how the Boeing 747, one of the world's largest passenger aircraft, has evolved since its introduction in the early 1970s.

  • S04E02 Largest Building in the World

    • July 9, 1998

    A look at the history and extraordinary building process of the massive $200 million, 472 million cubic-foot Boeing construction plant.

  • S04E03 World's Largest Shipyard

    • July 9, 1998

    Discover the engineering behind the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard which spans two miles along the coast of Mipo Bay in Korea.

  • S04E04 Anatov 225

    • July 9, 1998

    Explore the world's largest aircraft, designed to transport a space shuttle. However, the project was virtually abandoned as a result of Russia's faltering economy.

  • S04E05 Pentagon

    • July 9, 1998

    The story of the largest office building in the world, containing the military intelligence of the world's most powerful country.