High Maintenance
Preventing Disaster
2020•6.7/10
Documentary
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.7/10(3)
Each episode will feature amazing engineering facts about unique structures and systems including the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations at Niagara Falls, the Montreal Metro - one of North America's largest urban rapid transit schemes, and the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in California, the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. The series will introduce viewers to some remarkable characters who shoulder huge responsibility maintaining them on a daily basis to keep the general public safe.
Production
Frantic Films, Kew Media Group
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
February 4, 2020
Last Aired
March 24, 2020
Networks
Smithsonian Channel
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Montreal Metro; Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Air date: 2020-02-04
In California, brave technicians work at extreme heights to keep a tramway safe for tourists; crews race against the clock to replace a corroded rail at the Montreal Metro.
E2
Netherlands Storm Surge Barriers; Quebec Flood Divers
Air date: 2020-02-12
In the Netherlands, engineers battle encroaching seawater on storm surge barriers that protect the country from deadly floods; divers risk their lives to save a flood-ravaged community near Montreal.
E3
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Amusement Park; Falkirk Wheel
Air date: 2020-02-18
Crews wage a battle against moisture at the world's only rotating boat-lift, the Falkirk Wheel; in Blackpool, UK, technicians must fix a roller coaster's broken track before opening.
E4
Hydro Electric Station; Las Vegas Lighting
Air date: 2020-02-25
At a hydro station in Niagara Falls, engineers struggle to solve an issue with a faulty power-generator; lighting techs attempt a risky fix 45 stories above the Las Vegas strip.
E5
Oregon Water Systems; Maritime Communications System
Air date: 2020-03-04
In Oregon, specialized divers remove contaminates from a massive drinking water system; crews upgrade a communications tower to keep Atlantic Canada connected.
E6
Confederation Bridge; Wind Turbines
Air date: 2020-03-10
Technicians battle the elements to keep the country's longest bridge open; specialists work in claustrophobic conditions to keep massive wind turbines rotating.
E7
Firefighting Water Bombers; Offshore Helicopter Shuttles
Air date: 2020-03-17
As forest fires rage in Northern Manitoba, aircraft engineers at a remote airstrip struggle to keep water bombers flying; mechanics race to get a fleet of helicopters safe to pluck workers from platforms hundreds of kilometers offshore.
E8
Ocean Port Dredging/ Commuter Ferry Maintenance
Air date: 2020-03-24
A crew of mariners dredge the bottom of the St. Lawrence River. A crew in the Canadian Maritimes overhauls a passenger ferry before it becomes unsafe.
Cast
