World's Biggest Shredder

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National Geographic
World's Biggest Shredder

Synopsis

Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created as we focus on some of the world's modern-day super-human miracles of construction.

Episodes

  • Dubai's 5 Star Racecourse

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    Dubai's 5 Star Racecourse: With a mile-long grandstand, a trackside hotel and a 4km man-made canal for arrivals by yacht, Dubai's Meydan racecourse is the most luxurious ever.

  • World's Greatest Concert Hall

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    A look at Hamburg's stunning new concert hall, designed by the architects behind Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium. Years behind schedule, its construction is millions of euros over budget.

  • World's First Floating Lng Factory

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    A look at the first floating liquefied natural gas factory. Cutting-edge technology allows this incredible structure to tap into gas fields beneath the oceans.

  • World's Biggest Tent

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    World's Biggest Tent: A look at the design and engineering behind Kazakhstan's 150-metre tall transparent tent, which contains a mini-city protected from the region's harsh climate.

  • Mega Tanker Makeover

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    A look at new state-of-the-art oil rig The Pioneer. Built out of an ageing tanker, it could hold the key to unlocking the planet's last reserves.

  • Extreme Railway

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    Crossing hostile wilderness, and reaching breathless heights, the Qinghai to Tibet railway took 14,000 workers and a staggering 2,000 medics five years to complete.

  • Louvre Abu Dhabi

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    Built to house over 400 priceless masterpieces, star architect Jean Nouvel's shimmering palace of culture is a work of art and a feat of engineering.

  • Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

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    Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge: Taking over 1,200 people, six years and 240 million dollars to complete, the 2,000 foot Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge crosses Colorado River 900 feet in the air.

  • Ferrari Rollercoaster

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    Ferrari Rollercoaster: Discover the engineering behind the mindblowing acceleration and 2km of curves and camelbacks of the world's fastest roller coaster - Abu Dhabi's Formula Rossi.

  • Inside 9/11: What Happened Next

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    A look at the evolving story of radical Islam's war against the West and Osama Bin Laden's ruthless revolutionary attempt to encourage a generation of men to wage jihad against the US.

  • London's Olympic Stadium

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    Bolted together like a huge Meccano set, the 80,000-seat Olympic arena is a design fraught with challenges. Is it a stadium to be proud of? Or will it fail to impress?

  • London's Olympic Stadium

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    MONUMENTAL MEGASTRUCTURES WEEKEND: Bolted together like a huge Meccano set, the 80,000-seat Olympic arena is a design fraught with challenges. Is it a stadium to be proud of? Or will it fail to impress?

  • Megastructures: Sagrada Familia

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    An inside look at one of the most clever and inspiring structures in Europe - Sagrada Familia represents the harmony between the old and the new, between the constructors of medieval cathedrals and geniuses of postmodernism.

  • The Leaning Tower Of Abu Dhabi

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  • Building A Monster Shredder

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    Building A Monster Shredder: How do you build an industrial titan that mashes mountains of scrap metal? Follow one man's challenge to make a shredder, the first thing he's ever built!

  • Megashredding: Planes, Trains & Cars

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    A 100 million-dollar jet, an 18-tonne rail car and a fleet of cars all meet their deaths in megashredders, as thousands of tonnes of metal are reborn as shiny Land Rovers.

  • World's Greatest Concert Hall

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  • Ferrari Rollercoaster

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    Ferrari Rollercoaster: Discover the engineering behind the mindblowing acceleration and 2km of curves and camelbacks of the world's fastest roller coaster - Abu Dhabi's Formula Rossi.

  • Urban Mine

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    A look at a new state-of-the-art facility built to recycle computer trash. Not only can it extract plastic and precious metals from e-waste, it's also made of recycled materials too.

  • The Leaning Tower Of Abu Dhabi=

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    The Leaning Tower Of Abu Dhabi: Four times more crooked than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, discover how engineers conquered gravity and got in the Guinness Book of Records.

  • Dubai's 5 Star Racecourse

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    Dubai's 5 Star Racecourse: With a mile-long grandstand, a trackside hotel and a 4km man-made canal for arrivals by yacht, Dubai's Meydan racecourse is the most luxurious ever.

  • Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

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    Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge: Taking over 1,200 people, six years and 240 million dollars to complete, the 2,000 foot Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge crosses Colorado River 900 feet in the air.

  • Ferrari Rollercoaster

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    Ferrari Rollercoaster: Discover the engineering behind the mindblowing acceleration and 2km of curves and camelbacks of the world's fastest roller coaster - Abu Dhabi's Formula Rossi.

  • The Round Skyscraper

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    Briefed to build the first round high-rise, constructors in Abu Dhabi must use millions of tonnes of sand to build the land where it will stand out of the sea.

  • The Round Skyscraper

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    The Round Skyscraper: Briefed to build the first round high-rise, constructors in Abu Dhabi must use millions of tonnes of sand to build the land where it will stand out of the sea.

  • World's Biggest Shredder, The

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    The World's Biggest Shredder: This metal-chomping monster takes up the floor space of an entire factory and it can reduce the equivalent of 450 cars an hour to a little pulp. RATING: AA

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