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Title Mega builders : Venice flood gates
Published 2010

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  627.42094531 Pin/Mbv  2010/109  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Summary "It's the ultimate engineering challenge: rescue the magnificent city of Venice, Italy, before it is drowned by the Adriatic Sea. A fantastic 5.5 billion dollar plan is taking shape. It's called the "Mose project", after the biblical saviour Moses. They're constructing 78 massive floodgates, up to 29 metres tall, that will lie on the seabed. Whenever a dangerous high tide threatens the city the gates are supposed to rise from water and hold back the sea. The dynamic woman at the helm; Chief Engineer, Dr. Maria Theresa Brotto, declares, "Without the Mose, we will lose Venice." But no one can predict when a colossal high tide will swamp the city and it's a race against time for the workers of the Mose project." -- website
Notes Off-air recording of Discovery Channel broadcast February 8, 2010. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act
Credits Writer/Director: Karen Pinker ; Series producer: Hedy Korbee
Performer Narrator: Guy Grison
Notes No rating given
DVD
Originally produced : Barna-Alper productions, 2009
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Sluice gates -- Italy -- Venice -- Design and construction
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering) -- Italy -- Venice -- Design and construction
Flood control -- Italy -- Venice
City planning -- Italy -- Venice
Author Pinker, Karen
Korbee, Hedy
Grison, Guy
Other Titles Mega builders [videorecording] : Venice code red