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| 1 :01x01 - USS Ronald Reagan (Sep/15/2004) | | Touring the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 2003 that is as tall as a 20-story building and houses 85 planes (and fuel for them). The Nimitz-class vessel is staffed by 6000 officers and sailors. | |
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| 2 :01x02 - Channel Tunnel (Sep/29/2004) | | Examining the construction of the Channel Tunnel from England to France. Included: a look at the engineering details; and construction equipment designed to bore through rock. | |
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| 3 :01x03 - Sears Tower (Oct/03/2004) | | Examining the Sears Tower, the tallest building in North America. Included: inside the elevator shafts; the towering antennae; a window-washer's view of Chicago. | |
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| 4 :01x04 - Autobahn (Oct/10/2004) | | Germany's Autobahn. Included: construction and maintenance of the superhighway. | |
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| 5 :01x05 - Kansai International Airport (Oct/17/2004) | | The Kansai Airport, located three miles off the coast of Japan, features a manmade island the size of the country of Monaco, the longest two-story bridge and the largest single-room building. | |
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| 6 :01x06 - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Oct/20/2004) | | A look at the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, the world's tallest, longest and most expensive suspension bridge. The structure was built over a deepwater channel beset by typhoons, heavy rain and treacherous currents, in the middle of a major earthquake zone. | |
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| 7 :01x07 - Itaipú Dam (Oct/31/2004) | | The engineering behind the Itaipu Dam in Brazil and Paraguay, which took 16 years to complete. | |
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| 8 :01x08 - Petronas Towers (Nov/17/2004) | | Engineering and construction of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Included: complications caused by weather and local geology. | |
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| 12 :01x12 - North Sea Wall (Mar/16/2005) | | An extremely damaging 1953 storm surge on the Dutch coastline triggers construction of concrete and steel sea walls and retractable floodgates, but rising sea levels since then prompt the Dutch to design floating houses and roads. | |
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