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The oldest flag manufacturer; the last US athletic shoe factory; strange alternative transportation.
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel stretches 17 miles connecting Virginia's easternmost landmass.
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Bridges play a key role in the human quest to connect and unify.
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One of the longest suspension bridges in the world connects upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
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The 1,522-mile-long Alaskan Highway takes 11,000 soldiers to build.
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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge's main span is 50 percent longer than that of the Golden Gate.
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The Erie Canal is responsible for making New York City a commercial capital.
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During the 19th century, transcontinental railroads link California to the East.
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Two ribbons of concrete span a body of water in Louisiana, forming a bridge.
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Communists erect the wall to stop the flow of refugees to the West.
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Skyscrapers; Empire State Building; Sears Tower; World Trade Center.
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The art deco Chrysler Building stands out in the New York skyline.
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Data lines; power; plumbing; photovoltaics; conserving energy.
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Meet the loggers who started it all, and find out what happens on the journey from stump to sawmill.
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The crash of the Hindenburg puts an end to the era of airships.
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The technology behind the Winter Olympics, including the bobsled run, ski jump and speedskating.
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A 2000 Ford Taurus gets dissected to demonstrate the evolution of the automobile's major systems.
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The philosophy, architecture of today's U.S. prisons emerge from those of history.
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Gustave Eiffel designs a tower for the 1887 Paris World's Fair.
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Los Alamos scientists and engineers build the ultimate weapon of war in the interest of peace.
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