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Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels (1993)

  • 8.1/10 · 35
  • TV-PG
  • Dec 10, 1993
  • 44m
  • 23 seasons · 707 episodes
  • English
  • Returning Series
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HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.

Creator
Bruce Nash
Starring
Lloyd Sherr, Adam Richman, Abdul Qadeer Khan, George C. Kenney
Network
History, A&E, H2
Country
United States of America

Seasons

Season 1 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Grand Coulee Dam

    Dec 10, 1993 · 44m

    The world’s largest concrete dam–and the largest concrete structure in the world–lies on the Columbia River in the State of Washington. B uilt in 1931, it is also one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world.

  2. 2. The Empire State Building

    Jan 21, 1994 · 44m

    The remarkable story of how the landmark New York City skyscraper was constructed during the depths of the Depression. Requiring 10 million bricks and 60,000 tons of steel beams and using a revolutionary technique to hold the steel girders in place–hot rivets–the world’s tallest building was completed four months ahead of schedule.

  3. 3. The Panama Canal

    Mar 4, 1994 · 44m

    Chronicles one of the most incredible engineering feats of all time: construction of the 51-mile canal that took 10 years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors. An earlier, 9-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.

  4. 4. Cruise Ships

    Mar 20, 1994 · 44m

    A large machine turned water city, cruise ships are exciting and new.

  5. 5. Transatlantic Cable

    Mar 27, 1994 · 44m

    Looks at how one man’s vision and the cooperation between the U.S. and England resulted in an instant, reliable transcontinental mode of communication in the mid-1800s. See how wealthy 33-year-old Cyrus West Field endured many failures and lost millions in his attempt to close the communication gap between the Old and New Worlds.

  6. 6. Mt. Rushmore.

    Mar 13, 1994 · 44m

    The incredible tale of how Gutzon Borglum created the world's largest sculpture by carving the faces of four US presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln) into the Black Hills of South Dakota. The four figures carved in stone pay tribute to the first 150 years of American history. The hour chronicles the "swiveled pointer" that Borglum put in each president's "head", and how workmen hung like spiders 6,000 feet above the ground to blast away 450,000 tons of rock.

Cast

Details

First aired
Dec 10, 1993
Last aired
Aug 8, 2022
Status
Returning Series
Languages
English
Production
Jupiter Entertainment, Six West Media
Keywords
technology, invention, disaster, construction, machine, science
IMDb
tt0199248

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