The BEST episodes of Megastructures season 2007
Every episode of Megastructures season 2007, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Megastructures season 2007!
Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created as we focus on some of the world's modern-day super-human miracles of construction.
#1 - World Island Wonder
Season 2007 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/30/2007
Engineers in Dubai must overcome obstacles as they construct a chain of 300 islands shaped to resemble the world.
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#2 - Future Trains
Season 2007 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2007
The world's first electromagnetic levitation train linking Shanghai's airport and financial district offers a safe, energy efficient transport system that could change the face of 21st century travel.
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#3 - Super Copters
Season 2007 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/17/2007
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.
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#4 - Deep Sea Drillers
Season 2007 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/2007
In an attempt to tap into a vast natural gas supply, the US is drilling the Atlantic sea bed. Discover what it takes to drill in the dark depths.
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#5 - Queen Mary 2
Season 2007 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/16/2007
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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Season 2007 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/23/2007
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.
#7 - Dubai's Dream Palace
Season 2007 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/2007
Megastructures heads to the tiny desert kingdom of Dubai to explore the remarkable engineering behind the seven-star Burj Al-Arab Hotel. Five years in the making, this striking building stands like a gigantic white sail off the shore of Dubai. As this programme reveals, a refusal to compromise on the part of the hotel’s young designers ensured that the project pushed the boundaries of design. The Burj Al-Arab was envisaged by Dubai’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as a means of diversifying the country’s economy away from oil into tourism. The Sheikh dreamt of a luxury hotel that would put Dubai on the world map, and surprised many by choosing a relatively inexperienced British firm to supply the design.
#8 - World's Tallest Hotel
Season 2007 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2007
Soaring 2716 feet about the city of Dubai, Burj Khalita took seven years to build and cost a staggering $1.5 billion.
#9 - Iceland's Big Dig
Season 2007 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2007
In Iceland, a giant tunnel boring machine called `Jaws' has chewed up nine miles of basalt to aid a hydroelectric project. See the rock cruncher at work as it burrows deep down.