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 reality series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel

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 on September 28, 2008. It features Sean Riley participating in various "tough fixes"; repairs and renovations done on equipment that is very large or dangerous. Riley is an expert in heavy duty rigging and load bearing, and works with other specialized engineers to tackle these uniquely difficult jobs. A first season aired 8 episodes beginning on September 26, 2008. A second season aired 8 episodes beginning on June 4, 2009. A third season of 7 episodes aired beginning May 6, 2010. A fourth season is scheduled to air beginning September 30, 2010. The first season DVD contains 10 episodes, 2 of which aired in season 2. The second season DVD contains 11 episodes, 5 of which aired in season 3.

Season 1 episodes

• "Nuclear Turbine" - Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
  Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
  The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a nuclear power station, is in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, just south of Shickshinny, in Salem Township, Pennsylvania, United States...
  
  
• "Boeing 767
  Boeing 767
  The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...
  
  " - Airline ER of the Cabin pressurization
  Cabin pressurization
  Cabin pressurization is the pumping of compressed air into an aircraft cabin to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for crew and passengers when flying at altitude.-Need for cabin pressurization:...
  
   room in Charles de Gaulle Airport
• "High Voltage Power Lines"
• "Thirty-Eight Ton Engine" - DCV Balder
  DCV Balder
  DCV Balder is a Deepwater Construction Vessel operated by Heerema Marine Contractors.-History:The Balder was constructed in 1978 as semi-submersible crane vessel by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.. Balder and sister vessel, Hermod were the world's first semi-submersible crane vessels...
  
   thruster
• "Giant Telescope" - Very Large Telescope
  Very Large Telescope
  The Very Large Telescope is a telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The VLT consists of four individual telescopes, each with a primary mirror 8.2m across, which are generally used separately but can be used together to...
  
  
• "2000-Foot Tower" - KDLT Tower
  KDLT Tower
  The KDLT tower is a high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM and TV programmes in Rowena, South Dakota, USA. The KDLT tower was completed in 1998 and is owned by Red River Broadcast Co., LLC....
  
  , a TV antenna in South Dakota
• "Cruise Ship Engine" - Fixing Radiance of the Seas
  Radiance of the Seas
  MS Radiance of the Seas is a cruise ship that is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. She is registered in Nassau, Bahamas, and is a gas-turbine vessel, the first built for Royal Caribbean. This system produces higher efficient speeds than other cruise ships, and emissions to the...
  
   power generator in Grand Bahamas Island
• "Interstate Bridge" - Replacing a bridge in Utah (DVD "Bridge Quick Fix")

Season 2 episodes

• "Satellite Launch
  NSS-9
  NSS-9 is a is communications satellite owned by SES WORLD SKIES. It is an all C-band satellite intended a replacement for NSS-5, and has three beams with 44 active C-band transponders....
  
  " - Guiana Space Centre
• "Alaska Oil Pipeline
  Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
  The Trans Alaska Pipeline System , includes the Trans Alaska Pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one of the world's largest pipeline systems...
  
  " (DVD S1)
• "Giant Wind Turbine" - Rhode Island
• "50-Ton Rudder" - Curacao
• "Mississippi River Barge" (DVD S1)
• "Solar Power Plant"
• "Columbia River Dam
  Columbia River
  The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
  
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• "Atom Smasher" - Large Hadron Collider
  Large Hadron Collider
  The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
  
  

Season 3 episodes

• "Rocky Mountain Rigging" (DVD S2) - Ski lift in Cody, Wyoming
  Cody, Wyoming
  Cody is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The population was 9,520 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• "Extreme Bridges" - UK/London (Tower Bridge) and Scotland (Forth bridges)
• "Fixing Vegas" (DVD S2)
• "Extreme Heights" (DVD S2)
• "Cruise Ship Overhaul
  Sea Princess
  Sea Princess is a operated by the Princess Cruises line. She has three sister ships: and Dawn Princess in the Princess Cruises fleet and Oceana in the P&O Cruises fleet.-History:...
  
  " (DVD S2)
• "Philly Mega Transit" - SEPTA operations and repair
• "San Francisco Bridge" (DVD S2) - about the Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

Season 4 episodes

• "Ultimate Water Ride" - Water coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari‎
• "Sky High Texas Tower" - Remove an old analog TV antenna in San Antonio, Texas
• "Salt Lake City Sky Bridge" - The City Creek Center
  City Creek Center
  The City Creek Center is a development with a shopping center, office and residential buildings, and fountain and stream under construction near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. It is an undertaking by Property Reserve, Inc. and Taubman Centers, Inc...
  
   Sky Bridge spanning Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City
  Downtown Salt Lake City
  Downtown is the oldest district in Salt Lake City. The grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt Lake Temple.-Location:...
  
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• "Alaskan Salvage" - Sea cowboys removes an old rusty fishing ship (Ocean Clipper) at Saint Paul Island (Alaska)
• "Deep Space Antenna" - Overhauling of the bearings of the DSS 14 Antenna in Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
  Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
  The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex  — commonly called the Goldstone Observatory — is located in California's Mojave Desert. Operated by ITT Corporation for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, its main purpose is to track and communicate with space missions. It includes the Pioneer...
  
  

External links

• National Geographic Channel official network website