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Revision as of 15:29, 12 February 2009

For other uses, see Megastructure (disambiguation).
Megastructures
StarringNone
Narrated byJonathan Hart, Tom Goodman-Hill, Greg Stebner, Marlon Singleton
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes~100
Production
Running time1 hour
Original release
NetworkNational Geographic Channel, Five (TV channel), France 5
Release2004 –
present

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Five in the United Kingdom and on France 5 in France.

Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects--but not ordinary construction products.

Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems this involved the or products that are now in general use within the construction industry.

MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first (such as Dubai's Palm Islands). This type of project is known as a Megaproject.

The series follows similar subjects as the History Channel's Modern Marvels and Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering covering areas of architecture, transport, construction and manufacturing.

Episodes

Season 1 (2004)

# Title (AKA) Subject Airdate
01 U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Nimitz class Supercarrier 09/15/2004
02 Autobahn German Autobahns 09/19/2004
03 Channel Tunnel Undersea Tunnel between Coquelles, France and Folkestone, United Kingdom 09/22/2004
04 Sears Tower Tallest Tower in Chicago, Illinois 09/29/2004
05 Kansai International Airport Japanese Osaka Island Airport 10/13/2004
06 Akashi Kaikyo Bridge World’s Longest Suspension Bridge in Japan 10/20/2004
07 The World’s Most Powerful Dam (Itaipu Dam) Dam on the Paraná River, border between Brazil and Paraguay 10/27/2004
08 Petronas Towers Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11/10/2004
09 Inside a Super Casino Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey 12/01/2004

Season 2 (2005)

# Title (AKA) Subject Airdate
10 Golden Gate Bridge Bridge in San Francisco ,California 03/02/2005
11 Alcatraz Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California 03/16/2005
12 Inside The Pentagon Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia 04/01/2005
13 World’s Busiest Port Port of Singapore, Republic of Singapore 05/13/2005
14 Tau Tona, City of Gold World’s deepest mining operations in Carletonville, South Africa 05/21/2005
15 Las Vegas Special Episode, Vegas, Nevada 06/22/2005
16 Black Gold (Oil Mine) Syncrude and Shell Canada in oil sands located in Alberta, Canada 07/20/2005
17 Diamond Diggers Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada’s first diamond mine, located near “Lac De Gras 07/27/2005
18 Sea Launch Ocean Odyssey and Sea Launch Commander 08/03/2005
19 North Sea Wall Delta Works, Netherlands 08/17/2005
20 The World’s Most Extreme Island (Impossible Islands) Dubai’s artificial palm islands, United Arab Emirates 09/13/2005
21 Indy Motor Speedway Speedway in Indiana 09/13/2005
22 Port of Rotterdam (Super Port) The largest port in Europe, Rotterdam, Netherlands 09/20/2005
23 Air Force Transport (Mega Plane) C-5 Galaxy 09/20/2005
24 North Branch Correctional Institution (Hi-Tech Prison) High Security Prison, Maryland 09/27/2005
25 Airbus A380 (World’s Biggest Airliner) Biggest Jumbo Jet 10/04/2005
26 USS Virginia Virginia class Submarine 10/11/2005
27 Ultimate Casino Venetian Hotel Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada 10/18/2005
28 The Ultimate Roller coaster Kinga Ka, Jackson Township, New Jersey 10/25/2005
29 NORAD North American Aerospace Defence Command, Colorado 10/25/2005
30 Berlin Train Terminal (Berlin’s Grand Central) Berlin Hauptbahnhof 11/15/2005
31 Boston’s Big Dig Central Artery / Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts 11/22/2005
32 Ultimate Oil Rigs Construction of new Oil Rigs 12/06/2005
33 Cosmodrome Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, Kazakhstan 12/13/2005
34 World’s Tallest Bridge (Millau Bridge) Viaduct neatr Millau, France 12/20/2005
35 Mega Ship Orient Overseas Container Line / OOCL Atlanta 12/27/2005

Season 3 (2006)

# Title (AKA) Subject Airdate
36 Berlin Wall Wall dividing Germany during the Cold War 03/14/2006
37 Impossible Bridges: Greece Rio-Antirio Bridge, Gulf of Corinth, Greece 05/02/2006
38 Impossible Bridges: Denmark to Sweden Oresund Bridge, Copenhagen to Malmo 04/18/2006
39 Hoover Dam Colorado River, border between Nevada and Arizona 05/16/2006
40 Inside “NCIS” Naval Criminal Investigative Service 05/30/2006
41 Garbage Island Puente Hills Landfill, Whittier, California 08/01/2006
42 ‘’Machines of War’’: Tanks History and Evolution of Tanks 03/08/2006
43 Supertanker Seri Amanah, a LNG carrier 08/31/2006
44 ‘’Machines of War’’: Cruise Missile The History and Development of the Cruise Missile 03/10/2006
45 Science of Steel The World’s metal construction material of choice 03/11/2006
46 ‘’Megafactories’’: Apache Helicopter Boeing IDS plant in Mesa, Arizona 09/28/2006
47 ‘’War Machines’’: Guns The History and Evolution of the Gun 03/13/2006
48 Panama Canal Unlocked Panama Canal Expansion Project, Central America 10/19/2006
49 Science of Brick The World’s oldest man-made building material 03/15/2006
50 Science of Concrete The World’s most used building material 03/16/2006
51 ‘’Megafactories’’: Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. factory in Maranello, Italy 12/07/2006

Other Episodes (Unknown Season)

  1. "Money Factory" // U.S. Treasury
  2. "Impossible Bridges: China" // Lupu, Runyang, and Sutong bridges
  3. "Ultimate Sub (Super Sub)" // USS Texas (Virginia class submarine)
  4. "Ice Hotel" // Near Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
  5. "Rockeaters of Iceland" // Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project
  6. "Super Pipeline" // Gas pipeline from Norway to Great Britain
  7. "Deep Sea Drillers" //
  8. "Ultimate Chopper" // AgustaWestland EH101
  9. "Huge Moves: Colossal Churches" // moving churches
  10. "Huge Moves: Historic Homes" // moving houses
  11. "Huge Moves: Massive Machines" // lifting a train into the London Underground/lifting a sunken floatplane from a lake bed
  12. "Huge Moves: Total Towns" // moving floating houses to Victoria, Canada/building houses and moving them to make a new neighbourhood
  13. "Future Trains" // Maglev train in Germany
  14. "Building the World" // The World (archipelago), Dubai
  15. "Dubai's Dream Palace" // Burj al-Arab Hotel
  16. "Bridge of Mostar" //
  17. "The World's Biggest Shredder" //
  18. "World Trade Center Bahrain" // World Trade Center (Manama)
  19. "Hawaii Superferry" //
  20. "Queen Mary 2" //
  21. "South Pole Station" //
  22. "Ancient Megastructures:Chartes Cathedral" //
  23. "Ancient Megastructures:Colosseum" //
  24. "Ancient Megastructures:The Great Pyramid" //
  25. "Beijing Water Cube" // Beijing National Aquatics Center
  26. "Deep Earth Drillers"// The world's largest geothermal power complex
  27. "China's Ultimate Port" (Deep Sea Port) // Yangshan Port
  28. "Shanghai Super Tower" // Shanghai World Financial Centre
  29. "Skyscraper" (Ultimate Skyscraper) // Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, NYC
  30. "Atom Smasher" // The Large Hadron Collider
  31. "World's Biggest Casino" //
  32. "Bridge Breakdown" //Demolition of the (1927) Carquinez Bridge - San Francisco Bay Area
  33. "Sinking An Aircraft Carrier" //
  34. "Icelandic Super Dam" //
  35. "Beijing Olympic Stadium" //
  36. "Earthquake Glasshouse" // Academy of Sciences, CA, USA
  37. "Man Made Sun" //
  38. "747 Destruction" // Evergreen Air Center in Arizona, USA

Megafactories (Unknown Season)

  1. "Megafactories: Harley-Davidson" //
  2. "Megafactories: John Deere" // Harvester Works in East Moline (Illinois)
  3. "Megafactories: Trucks" // Peterbilt trucks
  4. "Megafactories: Tanks" // M1 Abrams
  5. "Megafactories: BMW" // BMW Manufacturing plant in Greer, South Carolina
  6. "Megafactories: Corvette" //
  7. "Megafactories: Fire Truck" //
  8. "Megafactories: High Speed Delivery " // Worldport (UPS air hub) at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky.
  9. "Megafactories: Caterpillar" //
  10. "Megafactories: Winnebago" // Winnebago Industries, manufacturing RVs in Forest City, Iowa.

References

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