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Extreme Engineering: Venice Flood Gates DVD
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Item #: 34751
Price: $21.95
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| Extreme Engineering unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical; others are in the works. But all of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what's possible. Watch as jaw-dropping computer animation and first-hand accounts from builders, designers and engineers breathe life into the most extreme construction projects ever conceived. The clock is ticking in Venice, Italy as designers and engineers battle the elements to keep the canal-laden city from becoming the next Atlantis. The enormous undertaking calls for 79 steel floodgates – each bigger than a football field and weighing over 300 tons – to close off the encroaching Adriatic Sea at the three inlets to the Venice lagoon during times of high tide. But before the gates can go in, massive barrier walls must be built. It's a Herculean challenge, to be sure. But just as Venice's founders once defended the city from foreign invaders, these modern-day Venetians hope to erect colossal defensive walls to fend off the marauding sea. The question is – can they be built before the water finally wins this centuries old struggle? |
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