Modern Marvels
Season 11, Episode 13: The Power Grid
Select Source
The largest manmade machine ever created, the electric power grid traverses the nation from California to Maine, Florida to Washington State. This huge complex of power plants, substations, and transmission lines continually supplies power to millions of customers. In an electrifying hour, we explore the grid’s origin, from Edison’s Pearl Street Station in New York to the post-WWII “Golden Age” to deregulation and restructuring that directly impacted California’s energy crisis in the 21st century.
All Episodes - Season 11
Episode 1
Guns of the Russian Military
Episode 2
The F-15
Episode 3
The Submarines
Episode 4
Pacific Coast Highway
Episode 5
Gangster Guns
Episode 6
Ship of Gold
Episode 7
Racetrack Tech
Episode 8
Oil Fire Fighting
Episode 9
Command Central
Episode 10
Front Line Reporting
Episode 11
Nature's Engineers
Episode 12
Bible Tech
Episode 13
The Power Grid
Episode 14
Bathroom Tech
Episode 15
Engineering Disasters 6
Episode 16
F-18 Hornet
Episode 17
Hydraulics
Episode 18
The Subs of WWII
Episode 19
Plane Crashes
Episode 20
D-Day Tech
Episode 21
A-10 Tankbuster
Episode 22
Rubber
Episode 23
City Water
Episode 24
Greatest Movies Gadgets
Episode 25
Robots
Episode 26
Nuclear Tech
Episode 27
Apollo 11
Episode 28
World War I Tech
Episode 29
Distilleries
Episode 30
Oil Tankers
Episode 31
Athens Subway
Episode 32
Extreme Aircraft
Episode 33
Engineering Disasters 7
Episode 34
George Washington Bridge
Episode 35
Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton
Episode 36
Building a Skyscraper: The Exterior
Episode 37
Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment
Episode 38
Building a Skyscraper: The Arteries
Episode 39
The Sears Tower
Episode 40
St. Lawrence Seaway
Episode 41
Guns of WWII
Episode 42
St. Lawrence Tech
Episode 43
Police Pursuit
Episode 44
SOS Tech
Episode 45
More of the World's Biggest Machines
Episode 46
Firefighting: The Arson Detectives
Episode 47
Guns of Israel
Episode 48
Engineering Disasters 8
Episode 49
Harvesting
Episode 50
Engineering Disasters 9
Episode 51
Guns of the Civil War
Episode 52
Engineering Disasters 10
Episode 53
Presidential Movers
Episode 54
Gas Tech
Episode 55
Engineering Disasters 11
Episode 56
The World's Longest Bridge
Episode 57
Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor
Episode 58
M1 Abrams Supertank!
Episode 59
Engineering Disasters 12
Episode 60
Surveillance Tech
Episode 61
Engineering Disasters 13
Episode 62
Submarine Disasters
Episode 63
Engineering Disasters 14
Episode 64
Movie Theaters
Episode 65
Washington Monument
Episode 66
Engineering Disasters 15
Episode 67
Snack Food Tech
Episode 68
More Dangerous Cargo!
Episode 69
Commercial Fishing
Episode 70
Ancient Discoveries (1)
Episode 71
Ancient Discoveries (2)
Episode 72
Ancient Discoveries (3)
Episode 73
Engineering Disasters 16
Episode 74
Doomsday Tech
Episode 75
More Doomsday Tech
Episode 76
The Computer