Really Big Things - Season 1

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Paper Maker

1 - Paper Maker

Air Date: January 9, 2007

Matt Rogers explores the Concrete Mat Sinking Unit that helps prevent bank erosion along the Mississippi. He heads to the Sweden to use the Rammer Hammer to break ore in the Aritc Circle. Matt also learns to make paper at the world's largest paper mill.

Wind Mill Factory

2 - Wind Mill Factory

Air Date: January 16, 2007

Matt Rogers catches a pass on the one-of-a kind retractable football field at the Arizona Cardinals Stadium. He rides aboard the largest dump truck in the world. Matt also helps to assemble one of world's the largest windmill turbines.

Largest Telescope

3 - Largest Telescope

Air Date: January 23, 2007

Matt visits a vertical motion simulator, a blast hole drill, and the Largest Binocular Telescope.

Giant Tree Spade

4 - Giant Tree Spade

Air Date: January 30, 2007

Included: tire recycling in North Carolina; the largest concrete structure ever made in Washington State; a 93,500-pound giant tree spader.

Swing Bridge

5 - Swing Bridge

Air Date: February 6, 2007

Host Matt Rogers checks out the Evolution locomotive in Erie, Pa.; a dredger on the Mississippi River; and the Spokane Street swing bridge in Seattle.

Really, Really Big Show

6 - Really, Really Big Show

Air Date: February 13, 2007

The Goodyear Blimp; a trash compactor in California; Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.