Megastructures

Description: Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Newest Review: ... and positioning it into the shape of palm trees - truly a great feat of engineering that Megastructures tells you all about. There have been in the region of 100 episodes created (according to Wikipedia, anyway). Some past programmes have featured: The Sears Tower in Chicago Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (the world's longest suspension bridge) The port of Singapore (the world's busiest port) The ... more

... Airbus A380 (the world's biggest plane) Millau Bridge in France (the world's tallest bridge) Watching these documentaries is both informative and pretty scary at times - you'll see construction workers hundreds of stories above the ground, walking on ...more

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Megastructures: Modern-day feats of engineering (420 words)
by - written on 12/08/09 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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Megastructures is a great series of documentaries from the National Geographic channel which looks at feats of engineering from all around the world. It maybe quite sad, but the wife and I both enjoy sitting down and watching the odd documentary, usually with a look of awe on our faces asking each other "how did they do that?". I think we first got into Megastructures when we saw the programme on how they created the Palm Islands in Dubai. Now, if you don't know about this - do a quick Google search on it... they have created their own islands off the coast of Dubai by dredging up the sea floor and positioning it into the shape of palm ... Read the complete review

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