S1E6Grounded at the Gate
When this UK power station reached the end of the road it took all the power with it. Crawler cranes lift heavy things. But when operators make errors, they can bring the mightiest crawler down to earth. Landslides: when soil gets wet, the ground is no longer solid and everything goes downhill from there. On axles, tires support mighty loads. But when axles fail, tires go rogue.
TV-14 | 09.29.26 | 43:03 | CC
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