September 4, 2003 • 50m
This episode focuses on the construction of the SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to be both the first ship en...Read more
September 11, 2003 • 50m
Focusing on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, the episode examines the family that built it - John Augustus Roebling, who d...Read more
September 18, 2003 • 50m
This episode tells the story of the construction in the early nineteenth century of the offshore lighthouse on Bell Rock, by the S...Read more
September 25, 2003 • 50m
Set in London during the 1850s, this episode focuses on the construction of the London sewerage system, built to replace the antiq...Read more
October 2, 2003 • 50m
Both the French and the American efforts build a sea-level canal through Panama linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean ...Read more
October 9, 2003 • 50m
The episode follows the construction of the Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental rail system, which would unite the easter...Read more
October 16, 2003 • 50m
The final episode focuses on the construction of the Hoover Dam during the Great Depression of the 1930s, focussing in particular ...Read more