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More Engineering Disasters DVD |
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Pore through the rubble of some of the most notable disasters looking for
clues as to what happened. Often, the stories point to one tiny mistake
that, unchecked, snowballed into a force that could not be stopped.
Dramatic footage and photos capture many of these ENGINEERING DISASTERS as
they happened (or immediately after), and engineers detail the changes
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Collapses
Structures falling,
building cave-ins, bridge collapses, water tanks
bursting, scaffold collapses
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More Collapses
Bridge Collapses
Building Collapses
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Indiana |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Electric Works Plant Tower Collapse,
Nov 1915 |
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Kentucky |
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Louisville, KY
Bridge Collapse, Dec 1893 |
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Massachusetts |
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Chelsea, MA Wall Collapse, Aug 1908 |
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Michigan |
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Detroit, MI Wonderland Theatre Collapse, Nov 1898
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Nebraska |
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Elmwood, NE Water Tank
Burst, Mar 1902 |
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Ohio |
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Alliance, OH Marchand's Opera House Collapse, Jun
1886
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Sandusky, OH
West's Hotel Balcony Collapse, Jun 1860 |
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Washington,DC |
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Washington, DC Knickerbocker Theatre
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Wisconsin |
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Kimberly, WI Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill Collapse, Oct
1928 |
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Welcome to GenDisasters.com |
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| Welcome to GenDisasters, a look back at
the events that touched our ancestor's lives - tornadoes, fires, floods,
hurricanes, train wrecks, mine explosions, and tragic accidents that became
a part of history and our genealogy. |
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