Boston's big dig / produced by Powderhouse Productions for the discovery Channel ; produced, directed, and edited by Sarah Holt.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Holt, Sarah, producer, director, editor.

Giotta, Joseph, narrator.

Powderhouse Productions, producer.

Discovery Channel (Firm), producer, distributor.

Discovery Channel Communications, Inc., producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.).

Highway engineering--Massachusetts--Boston.

Highway engineering.

Express highways--Massachusetts--Boston.

Express highways.

Tunnels--Massachusetts--Boston--Design and construction.

Tunnels.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Genre:

Television series.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, MD : Discovery Communications, Inc. : Discovery Channel, [2003]

System Details:

DVD; hi-fi.

digital

optical

stereo

video file

DVD video

Summary:

An underground highway meant to relieve Boston's traffic congestion presented problems of support for structures above-ground, adequate remedies against fumes and fires, and ongoing construction while Boston worked overhead.

Participant:

Narrator, Joseph Giotta.

Credits:

Camera, Steve McCarthy, Boyd Estus; visual effects coordinator, Dean Gula; lead animator, Jacques Desanlis.

Notes:

Originally presented as a segment of the television program Extreme engineering.

OCLC:

54456370

Publisher Number:

687400 Discovery Channel