In the early morning hours of March 12, 1928, one of the worst engineering disasters in American history unfolded in a quiet canyon north of Los Angeles. At 12:03 a.m., the St. Francis Dam suddenly ...

How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...

Engineering disasters serve as tragic but crucial learning opportunities for the advancement of safety standards and design principles. This collection of 15 catastrophic failures spans nearly 150 ...