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Breaking Up the Biggest bring you some of the most dramatic demolition jobs in history. From fighter jets to diesel trains, no job is too big for these salvage experts - backed up by an awesome array of concrete-crunching, steel-snapping, iron-mangling machinery.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2x01 Space Shuttle Booster

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Join the technicians and engineers who recover – and re-assemble – the essential Solid Rocket Boosters used to launch space shuttles into orbit.

2x02 Danger Bridge

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The team demolishes the Piacenza bridge, a steel and concrete structure which spans 3,300 feet over both land and water.

2x03 Navy Tanker

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The demolition experts gut and recycle the USS Savannah, an oil tanker used by the US Navy for over 20 years.

2x04 Cargo Truck

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A team's green credentials are stretched to the limit as they break down a massive Euro truck in Sweden, aiming to recycle 90% of its parts.

2x06 Prison

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2x07 Locomotive

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After 50 years riding the rails, a trusty GP9 locomotive is headed for the scrapheap. Can the crew salvage a modern engine from the wreckage?

2x08 Phantom Jet

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The F-4 Phantom flew in squadrons for the United States, Europe and Asia, but these winged warriors have a shelf life and must be broken down.

2x09 Yankee Stadium

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Home to the New York Yankees for over eight decades, the famous Yankee Stadium is about to be demolished. It’s a monster breakdown job.

2x10 NY Scrap Yard

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Gershow Recycling is a New York scrapyard which, in just one day, can turn 500 cars and 20 buses into a multimillion-dollar mound of steel.

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