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Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionised their field. Each episode details how giant structures, record-beating

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Impossible Engineering Season 6 Episode 3 - Monster of the Andes
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Monster of the Andes

    S6:E3

    When engineers built a cutting-edge railroad to navigate the South American Andes, they use cutting-edge tech and engineering to conquer its deadly heights, and this trailblazing train sets new records on one of the most dangerous routes in the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Impossible Engineering Season 7 Episode 14 - South-North Water Diversion
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - South-North Water Diversion

    S7:E14

    ***This episode is a duplicate of S09E02, which is the correct episode number on IMDB and TVDB*** Chinese authorities attempt a huge infrastructure project as they try to move vast amounts of water from the wet south of the country to the dry north.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Impossible Engineering Season 10 Episode 4 - Abandoned Resurrection
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Abandoned Resurrection

    S10:E4

    An abandoned power station is undergoing a cutting-edge reinvention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Impossible Engineering Season 8 Episode 2 - Seattle Super Bridge (Seattle's Floating Bridge)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Seattle Super Bridge (Seattle's Floating Bridge)

    S8:E2

    Engineers in Seattle are building the world's first floating railway bridge, and to tackle this complex engineering challenge, they use new, innovative construction technology that enables high-speed trains to go where they've never gone before.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Impossible Engineering Season 10 Episode 9 - Scotland's Super Bridge
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Scotland's Super Bridge

    S10:E9

    The Queensferry Crossing in Scotland marks a new age of superstructure construction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Impossible Engineering Season 8 Episode 1 - Secrets of the Supertanker (Supertanker Europe)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Secrets of the Supertanker (Supertanker Europe)

    S8:E1

    The world's biggest oil tanker is longer than four football fields and can haul 15,000 trucks worth of oil. Thanks to cutting-edge maritime engineering, this record-breaking vessel makes its deliveries across rough seas quicker and safer than ever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Impossible Engineering Season 8 Episode 3 - Texas Super Skyscraper (The Independent)
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Texas Super Skyscraper (The Independent)

    S8:E3

    The Independent, a brand-new skyscraper in Texas is a gravity-defying engineering marvel with a one-of-a-kind shape, and to build it, experts use cutting-edge construction and design that pushes modern-day tower-building to strange and innovative heights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 1 - NASA's Rocket to Mars
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - NASA's Rocket to Mars

    S2:E1

    For NASA to send a person to Mars, they will need to build the most powerful rocket ever built. Discover inside story behind the Orion Space Craft, an engineering feat designed to sustain astronauts for years in one of the universe's harshest environments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 1 - Mega Bridge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Mega Bridge

    S1:E1

    The Rion Antirion Bridge is an engineering colossus, spanning almost two miles. Discover how engineers conquered deep water and hurricane force winds to build a structure that could stand strong in one of the most active earthquake zones on our planet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 2 - Ultimate Warship
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Ultimate Warship

    S1:E2

    The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has a surface area larger than two soccer fields, and is stocked with cutting edge F35 fighter jets. Discover how this megaship ticks inside and out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 3 - Skyscraper of the Future
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    #11 - Skyscraper of the Future

    S1:E3

    Soaring over 2,000 feet into the sky, the Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world, and a futuristic engineering marvel. Discovery how cutting-edge technology means that the building's occupants will never feel it sway.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 4 - Ultimate Airport
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Ultimate Airport

    S1:E4

    The Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay, Japan, is built on the largest man-made island in the world. Discover how engineers built an artificial island on top of clay seabed to make the most daring engineering project of modern times a success.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 5 - World's Fastest Train
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    #13 - World's Fastest Train

    S1:E5

    The Shanghai Maglev is the fastest passenger train in operation on the planet. Discover how engineers were able to design a train that could levitate, and reach a phenomenal top speed of 268 mph.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Impossible Engineering Season 1 Episode 6 - World's Largest Plane
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    #14 - World's Largest Plane

    S1:E6

    We take the world's largest plane apart and show what makes this engineering marvel so incredible. Explore the Airbus A380 inside and out, and discover how its engineers redefined the limits of modern aviation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 2 - World's Tallest Bridge
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    #15 - World's Tallest Bridge

    S2:E2

    How did engineers build the tallest bridge on the planet? As tall as a skyscraper, the Millau Viaduct braves deadly wind speeds over an immense abyss, and we go inside the story behind this modern wonder.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 3 - Ultimate Football Stadium
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Ultimate Football Stadium

    S2:E3

    The AT and T Stadium in Texas is home to the Dallas Cowboys and the world's largest retractable roof. This $1.2 billion stadium can house over 100,000 fans, and we'll go inside how this engineering feat was built.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 4 - World's Most Powerful Dam
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    #17 - World's Most Powerful Dam

    S2:E4

    China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest and heaviest concrete structure on earth, and it produces more power than any hydroelectric dam ever built. Discover how engineers reshaped a river to accomplish this incredible engineering feat.

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  18. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 5 - World's Longest Tunnel
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    #18 - World's Longest Tunnel

    S2:E5

    How did engineers move mountains to build the longest and deepest rail tunnel on the planet? Discover how 25 million tons of rock were moved to build this modern wonder, the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 6 - World's Biggest Cruise Ship
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    #19 - World's Biggest Cruise Ship

    S2:E6

    Go inside the largest cruise ship on the planet: MS Harmony of the Seas. A massive ship that's 1,181 feet long and a staggering 227,000 tons.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 7 - US Navy's Super Submarine
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    #20 - US Navy's Super Submarine

    S2:E7

    The Virginia Class is one of the most advanced nuclear powered, fast attack submarines ever produced for the US Navy. These technological titans are almost 400 feet long, and weigh a staggering 7,800 tons.

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  21. Impossible Engineering Season 2 Episode 8 - The Glass Skyscraper
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    #21 - The Glass Skyscraper

    S2:E8

    The Shard, a 73-story glass skyscraper in London, has 11,000 exterior glass panels, a colossal concrete core that supports luxury apartments, a hotel, and close to 600,000 square feet of office space.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Impossible Engineering Season 3 Episode 1 - World's Largest Radio Telescope
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    #22 - World's Largest Radio Telescope

    S3:E1

    Discover what it took to build the largest and most sophisticated radio telescope on the planet. This engineering colossus will help astronomers explore galaxies billions of light years away, and might help discover extraterrestrial life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Impossible Engineering Season 3 Episode 2 - Panama Canal Overhaul
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    #23 - Panama Canal Overhaul

    S3:E2

    Go inside the ambitious engineering project that remade the famous Panama Canal. Billions of dollars were spent to move millions of cubic tons of earth, and ultimately, the canal will be able to accommodate the biggest ships in the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Impossible Engineering Season 3 Episode 3 - World's Biggest Ship
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    #24 - World's Biggest Ship

    S3:E3

    Find out what it took to build the largest ship in the world, the Pioneering Spirit. This 900,000-ton behemoth can install oil pipelines in the world's deepest waters and features state-of-the art thrusters and mammoth lifting beams.

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  25. Impossible Engineering Season 3 Episode 4 - Ice Base
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Ice Base

    S3:E4

    Go inside a state-of-the-art research base located in Antarctica, the coldest continent on Earth. Halley VI is built atop giant skis on a floating ice shelf, and this innovative design helps scientists brave the dangers of this extreme environment.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Monster of the Andes" is the best rated episode of "Impossible Engineering". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/15/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "South-North Water Diversion".