Modern Marvels
Season 12 Episode 23 - Bricks
The history of civilization has been built on the back of brick, and it’s been said that “architecture itself began when two bricks were put together well.” From great Egyptian temples to the Roman aqueducts, the Great Wall of China, and the dome of the Hagia Sophia, brick is one of the oldest, yet least celebrated, building materials manufactured by man. In this hard-packed episode, we explore brick’s past, highlighting defining moments, such as the Great London Fire of 1666, the zenith years of brick in the New York Hudson River Valley, and brick as an essential building block in infrastructure and industry. We’ll feature advancements through the ages as well as construction techniques, trends, and the future of brick construction. Essentially, brick is still just burnt clay…it has been around for thousands of years, but continues to serve as the backdrop of the modern age.
Episodes in Season 12
Poison
44 min
Car Tech of the Future
44 min
The Arch
44 min
More Nature's Engineers
44 min
World's Biggest Machines 3
44 min
Blackbird Stealth
44 min
The Butcher
44 min
George Washington Carver Tech
44 min
Firefighting!: Extreme Conditions
44 min
Desert Tech
44 min
Sub Zero
44 min
The Great Bridge: 8 Miles of Steel
44 min
Howard Hughes Tech
44 min
Edwards Air Force Base
44 min
Taxidermy
44 min
SWAT
44 min
Deadliest Weapons
44 min
The Doomsday Clock
44 min
The Basement
44 min
Paint
44 min
Mega Movers
44 min
Punishment
44 min
Bricks
44 min
Glue
44 min
F/A-22 Raptor
44 min
Civil War Tech
44 min
Machines of D-Day
44 min
John Hancock Center
44 min
The Cape Cod Canal
44 min
Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II
44 min
Future Tech
44 min
Edison Tech
44 min
Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters
44 min
Mountain Roads
44 min
Route 66
44 min
Cowboy Tech
44 min
Sewers
44 min
Challenger Tank
44 min
World's Biggest Machines 4
44 min
Dredging
44 min
Lube Job
44 min
Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War II
44 min
The World's Fastest
44 min
The B-2 Stealth Bomber
44 min
High Risk: Helicopter Lineman
44 min
Wiring America
44 min
Nature Tech: Lightning
44 min
HMS Victory
44 min
Engineering an Empire: Rome
44 min
Coffee
44 min
Sugar
44 min
Cereal: History in a Bowl
44 min
F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
44 min
German Small Arms of World War II
44 min
The Auto Store
44 min
Secret Allied Aircraft of World War II
44 min
Engineering Disasters 17
44 min
Brewing
44 min
The Lumberyard
44 min
Da Vinci Tech
44 min
Custom Cars
44 min
More Hardware
44 min
Weird Weapons: The Allies
44 min
More Snack Food Tech
44 min
Walt Disney World
44 min
Nature Tech: Hurricanes
44 min
Private Collections
44 min
