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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    MegaStructures Season 1 Episode 9 - Inside a Super Casino
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    Megastructures gets an inside look into the 13-year design and construction of Atlantic City's towering new casino, the Borgata.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. MegaStructures Season 1 Episode 10 - Money Factory
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  3. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 3 - Inside The Pentagon
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    The worst of the worst were sent here—men like Al "Scarface" Capone, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, "The Birdman" Robert Stroud. For 29 years, Alcatraz was a ferocious battle between America's toughest prison and the brilliant criminal minds locked inside. We'll explore the design, construction and legendary escapes from The Rock.

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  4. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 5 - Tau Tona - City Of Gold
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    Megastructure takes viewers on an inside look at how the Port of Singapore is able to move a third of the world's trade through the use of shipping and high-tech mega-systems.

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  5. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 6 - Las Vegas
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    Located near Johannesburg, South Africa, the Tau Tona is a gold mine. The Tau Tona is the main economic life blood of Johannesburg, supplying half the world’s gold needs. It is the deepest and largest working mine in the world. Its main shaft is 3.6 km deep and consists of 800 km of tunneling. This episode gives viewers a tour of the dynamic systems involved in maintaining a working environment deep in the earth. It also provides a glimpse of what life as a mine worker is like in Tau Tona. Risking heat exhaustion, and with 10 earthquakes a day, the miners work through narrow tunnels to extract gold from a 25 cm thick gold vein.

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  6. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 7 - Black Gold (Oil Mine)
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  7. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 12 - Indy Motor Speedway
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    How engineers created the USS Virginia and commissioned the first of a new class of nuclear submarine in the 1970s, hailed during its lifetime as the world's deadliest vessel

    Director:Unknown
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  8. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 24 - Baikonur Cosmodrome
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    Explore the Baikonur Cosmodrome, crown jewel of Russia's space program. Trace the glorious history of this megacomplex from the landmark launches of Sputnik and the first cosmonauts to its current status as a gateway to the International Space Station.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 27 - Mega Ship
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    The episodes documents the 134,000 ton Mega Ship's voyage through the pirate infested waters of the Singapore and Malacca Straits carrying millions of dollars of precious cargo. From the bridge to the engine room, Megastructures follow Captain Llewellyn as he guides his ship to the port of Singapore.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. MegaStructures Season 2 Episode 28 - Deep Sea Drillers
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  11. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 5 - Hoover Dam
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    Explore the US Treasury's impenetrable subterranean vaults housing monster money-making machines that churn out billions of dollars. See the army of protectors that ensure the world's most powerful economy with the mantra: "In God We Trust". Discover the elaborate systems of design and protection at the US Treasury premier currency manufacturer and her sister operation, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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  12. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 9 - Ice Hotel
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    10,000 tons of crystal clear ice and 30,000 tons of pure snow are needed to build the Ice Hotel in Sweden every year. The hotel accommodates over 100 guests and every bedroom is unique. It has become renowned for its ingenuity and originality but it isn't the only structure created from ice. A little further into Sweden's northern wilderness is a network of roads that are created every winter on top of the Baltic Sea. Witness the construction and disappearance of two of the world's most unique Megastructures.

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  13. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 16 - Science of Bricks
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    Brick: They are an essential building block of civilization. They are one of the worlds first building materials and today they continue to create structures that amaze us. From paving our driveways to lining our fireplaces and chimneys, brick is part of our daily lives. But when thousands or millions of these simple blocks are stacked together, people have changed the course of history. How Its Built: Brick will bring viewers through the process that takes a lump of clay, forms it into a simple block, and then uses fire to transform it into a rock hard building material.

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  14. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 17 - Science of Concrete
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    Concrete: It is the most widely used building material on earth. It was a building block of the Roman Empire and is a material of choice for a new generation of gravity-defying skyscrapers. From the sidewalks of New York to the fast-growing Burj Dubai, slated to be the worlds tallest building when it is completed in 2008, concrete continues to be a crucial tool of engineers and architects alike. Concrete's footprint is everywhere.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 18 - Megafactories Ferrari
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    In this episode, one of the world's most famous sports car, the Ferrari, is featured. From it's design stage to it's completion stage, viewers get to witness some of the manufacturing processes that bring these cars into this world.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 19 - Ultimate Structures: Super Pipeline
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    S3:E19

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  17. MegaStructures Season 3 Episode 20 - Rockeaters of Iceland
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    S3:E20

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  18. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 1 - Ultimate Structures: Super Copter
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  19. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 3 - Smart Tunnel
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  20. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 4 - Queen Mary 2
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    Megastructures will take you on a voyage through the largest ocean liner ever built, from the cutting of the first steel panel to the installation of the iconic red and black funnel of this 800 million dollar giant of the seas.

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  21. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 9 - Deep Ocean Port (China's Ultimate Port)
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    In 2002 Chinese engineers and workers tackled one of the biggest construction projects on earth. Thirty kilometers out to sea in the middle of the ocean is the location for Yangshan Deep Water Port. With twenty kilometers of quay and fifty berths Yangshan is destined to become the biggest deepwater port ever built. Linked to China by the worlds second-longest ocean bridge Yangshans deep water allows the worlds biggest container ships to come calling. Its massive cranes cutting-edge control system and focused personnel are already shattering records for loading and unloading gigantic container ships and its not even finished being built.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    S4:E10

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  23. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 11 - The World's Biggest Cruiseliner
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    S4:E11

    Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

    Director:Unknown
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  24. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 12 - Beijing Olympic Stadium
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    S4:E12

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  25. MegaStructures Season 4 Episode 16 - Building the World
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    The engineering, design and construction of a man-made archipelago, built in the shape of a world map, just off the coast off Dubai, the project of ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Inside a Super Casino" is the worst rated episode of "MegaStructures". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/1/2004. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Money Factory".