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The Engineering That Built the World

A documentary series on revolutionary engineering projects: the Transcontinental Railroad, The Statue of Liberty, the US highway system, the Panama Canal, the Boston subway, the Transatlantic telegraph cable, The Golden Gate and Bay Bridges of San Francisco and the Hoover Dam.

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Ian Karr
Narrator
Daniel Dickrell
Self - Engineering Professor, University of Florida
Yohuru Williams
Self - Professor of History, University of St. Thomas

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Race for the Railroad

Sun, Oct 10, 2021

One of the greatest engineering achievements of our world, the railroad expansion across America was also a tale of greed, financial miss dealings, fraud, and a lack of concern for human life that is hard to believe.

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