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The Best Episodes of MegaStructures Season 8

Every episode of MegaStructures Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MegaStructures Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 1 - Super Rigs
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #1 - Super Rigs

    S8:E1

    As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as we rip apart the largest oil rigs on the planet to reveal the secrets of these amazing technological achievements… and discover if they can survive Mother Nature's most violent forces.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 2 - Super Copters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Super Copters

    S8:E2

    Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials strengthening the body - while keeping it lightweight. Using live action, re-creations, amazing archival footage and advanced CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super copters' - extraordinary multi-purpose helicopters for the twenty-first century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 3 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi

    S8:E3

    The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westward, the tower will claim the Guinness Book of World Records title of Most Inclined Building on Earth. Discover how the engineers and architects overcome the force of gravity, and transform this vision into reality.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 4 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)

    S8:E4

    South Korea never constructed a submerged tunnel, but now tackles the challenge of building one of the deepest immersed highways on Earth. Designed for the fickle conditions of the Pacific, the giant tunnel must be both earthquake and typhoon proof.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 5 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)

    S8:E5

    "I love what I do. I get to tear stuff up." Every day around the world, thousands of planes, trains, and automobiles get cut down to size for recycling. A jumbo jet costing a hundred million dollars becomes parts the size of beer cans in a matter of hours. An 18-ton steel rail car is attacked by some of the world's most expensive knives. And a fleet of automobiles dies a torturous death -the equivalent of an agonizing tooth extraction and an elaborate embalming ... all to process them for shredding and recycling. Finally, shredded metal is reborn as shiny new Land Rovers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 6 - Spaceport America
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Spaceport America

    S8:E6

    The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 7 - Heavy Metal Shredding
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Heavy Metal Shredding

    S8:E7

    Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into new products. In this business, nothing goes to waste

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 8 - Ecoark
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Ecoark

    S8:E8

    Plans to erect a spaceport in the middle of a desert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 9 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

    S8:E9

    To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 10 - Sinking a Destroyer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Sinking a Destroyer

    S8:E10

    How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air Forces as they mount a sink exercise on a massive 4,250 foot long destroyer, to test their firepower and skill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 17 - Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul

    S8:E17

    Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into new products. In this business, nothing goes to waste

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 20 - Super Rigs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Super Rigs

    S8:E20

    As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as we rip apart the largest oil rigs on the planet to reveal the secrets of these amazing technological achievements… and discover if they can survive Mother Nature's most violent forces.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 21 - Super Copters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Super Copters

    S8:E21

    Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials strengthening the body - while keeping it lightweight. Using live action, re-creations, amazing archival footage and advanced CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super copters' - extraordinary multi-purpose helicopters for the twenty-first century.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 23 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi

    S8:E23

    The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westward, the tower will claim the Guinness Book of World Records title of Most Inclined Building on Earth. Discover how the engineers and architects overcome the force of gravity, and transform this vision into reality.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 32 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

    S8:E32

    To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. MegaStructures Season 8 Episode 35 - Sinking a Destroyer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Sinking a Destroyer

    S8:E35

    How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air Forces as they mount a sink exercise on a massive 4,250 foot long destroyer, to test their firepower and skill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Super Rigs" is the best rated episode of "MegaStructures" season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/2011. This episode is rated 8.0 points higher than the second-best, "Super Copters".