TV Guide: Modern Marvels

Engineering Disasters 8

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 18 07:00 AM HIST Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: the collapse of Connecticut's Mianus River Bridge in 1983; the sinking of the Ocean Ranger oil rig in 1982; the 1999 crash of Learjet 35, carrying golf champion Payne Stewart; and the collapse of the South Fork Dam, causing the Johnstown, Pa., flood of 1889.

Whiskey

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 07:00 PM HIST A history of whiskey includes a tour of famous distilleries to see how the spirit is made. Manufacturers include Jack Daniels, Jim Beam and Canadian Club. Also: Jameson, in Ireland; and Glenlivet, in Scotland.

Engineering Disasters 15

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 01:00 PM HIST Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: a tunnel mishap; the explosion of a boiler on a riverboat; a building collapse; and an airplane tragedy.

Engineering Disasters 14

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 12:00 PM HIST Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: an oil-tanker explosion; a subway tunnel cave-in; a freeway-ramp collapse; and the crashing of a plane into an apartment building.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 11:00 AM HIST Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: the 1984 Union Carbide plant tragedy in Bhopal, India; the collapse of the parking garage at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., in 2003; and the explosion of a tanker carrying nonexplosive materials.

The Manhattan Project

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 11 01:00 PM HIST Chronicling the secret U.S. undertaking during World War II that produced the atomic bomb, which was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war.

Tunnels of Vietnam

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 11 07:00 AM HIST Infantry soldiers in Vietnam who searched enemy tunnels are recalled.

Hoover Dam

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 9 01:00 PM HIST A chronicle of the construction of the world's largest dam built in the middle of the desert to subdue the river that fashioned the Grand Canyon.