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  1. Hoover Dam

    Over one hundred people died during the building of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.

  2. The Panama Canal

    French engineer Ferdinand De Lesseps has a plan to build a canal across Panama.

  3. Sewer King

    As Victorian London's sewage problem reached crisis, Joseph Bazalgette had a solution.

  4. The Line

    How two corporate giants raced to link the east and west coasts of America by rail.

  5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse

    In 1800 Robert Stevenson set about building a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock reef.

  6. The Brooklyn Bridge

    The story of engineers John and Washington Roebling's scheme to build the Brooklyn Bridge.

  7. The Great Ship

    The story of Brunel's struggle to build the world's largest ship, The Great Eastern.