The Ocean Ranger Sinking

In February 1982, the Ocean Ranger was conducting drilling operations for ODECO off Newfoundland. The Ocean Ranger was a self-propelled oil-drilling platform that was capable of operating in 1,500 feet of ocean water and drilling to a depth of 25,000 feet. Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan ...

By |2023-02-17T15:36:29-06:00November 18th, 2021|Friday Famous Failures|3 Comments

The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of California. Initially designed by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss in 1917, the Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco and Marin County and spans the Golden Gate Strait, which separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean ...

By |2023-02-22T09:18:29-06:00November 1st, 2021|Tuesday Tidbits|3 Comments