| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Megastructures |
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Megastructures (Television program) Series 1
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| Summary |
"One of the biggest construction projects on Earth is in the middle of the ocean. More than 30 kilometres out to sea off the coast of Shanghai, China’s Yangshan Port will be the biggest deep water port ever built. When completed in 2020, its wharves will be an awesome 20 kilometres long, with berths for 50 ships, capable of handling 25 million shipping containers a year. A huge feat considering when the project began, only 40 percent of the port’s island existed. A Mega-dredge has already moved enough mud to fill more than one million Olympic swimming pools, but there is still 13 billion cubic metres of mud that need to be dredged to complete the project. To make this port viable against its high profile rivals, construction requires not one, but two Megastructures to be built. In addition to the actual port, a 32-kilometre bridge must also be constructed connecting Yangshan to the mainland. More than 12 times longer than the Golden Gate Bridge, the Donghai Bridge is the second longest ocean spanning bridge in the world. Many of the more than 600 concrete spans used to build the bridge are so big, they must be constructed on land and then towed to sea." -- website |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of National Geographic broadcast May 28, 2009. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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DVD |
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No rating given |
| Credits |
Director: Steven R. Talley & Max Quinn; Producer: Steven R. Talley |
| Performer |
Narrator: Craig Parker |
| Notes |
Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Harbors -- China
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Harbors -- Economic aspects -- China
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Harbors -- Design and construction
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| Author |
Talley, Steven R.
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Quinn, Max
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Parker, Craig
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National Geographic (Television Channel)
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