Big Dams of the American West
Clip: Season 34 Episode 3 | 1m 48s
After the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, engineers applied lessons learned to expansive dam projects in the American West.
Aired: 05/03/22
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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