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Ep 45 Kowloon Walled City
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43 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2022
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Engineering News – Prosthetic Dexterity (2:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Kowloon Walled City (8:10). A city within a city, Kowloon had a deep history (9:50) in Hong Kong. Development of Kowloon really took off in the 1950s (11:50), but was limited by Kai Tak Airport (19:30). Despite a lack of administration, there was order in Kowloon (25:25) until it was demolished in 1994 (36:40).
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This week's engineering failure is the Kowloon Walled City (8:10). A city within a city, Kowloon had a deep history (9:50) in Hong Kong. Development of Kowloon really took off in the 1950s (11:50), but was limited by Kai Tak Airport (19:30). Despite a lack of administration, there was order in Kowloon (25:25) until it was demolished in 1994 (36:40).
Check out our Patreon page for Mini Failure bonus episodes - https://www.patreon.com/failurology
Photos/Sources/Summary from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Ways to get in touch
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg
Released:
Mar 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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