Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The @royalalberthall is 150 years old; the roof is 600 tonnes of glass and steel. And it turns out that there's a terrifying technicians' trampoline, acoustic-dampening mushrooms, and a complete lack of connections.
Thanks to everyone at the Royal Albert Hall: royalalberthall.com
Camera by Jamie MacLeod jamiemacleod.co.uk
Aerial operations by Phil Conrad and Freddie Conrad from Photodrones photodrones.com
Edited by Taran van Hemert youtube.com/taranvh
(The Royal Albert Hall is within the Hyde Park no-fly-zone. Drone operations were specially permitted and approved by the aviation authorities.)
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The @royalalberthall is 150 years old; the roof is 600 tonnes of glass and steel. And it turns out that there's a terrifying technicians' trampoline, acoustic-dampening mushrooms, and a complete lack of connections.
Thanks to everyone at the Royal Albert Hall: royalalberthall.com
Camera by Jamie MacLeod jamiemacleod.co.uk
Aerial operations by Phil Conrad and Freddie Conrad from Photodrones photodrones.com
Edited by Taran van Hemert youtube.com/taranvh
(The Royal Albert Hall is within the Hyde Park no-fly-zone. Drone operations were specially permitted and approved by the aviation authorities.)
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif






![The bridge that must legally wobble
Dalys Bridge, in Cork, Ireland, is better known as the Shakey Bridge. Because it shakes. But what happens when a bridge like that has to be repaired and refurbished? β’ Thanks to Cllr McCarthy: his site is http://corkheritage.ie/ !
Edited by Dave Stevenson http://davestevenson.co.uk
A thorough study of how the Bridge shakes: http://publish.ucc.ie/boolean/pdf/2015/00/32-ODonnell-2015-00-en.pdf [PDF]
I did try (a lot!) to get an interview with someone from RPS Group, who were in charge of the refurbishment, but I just wasnt able to make contact. However, Im indebted to Michael Minehane, principal engineer, whose talk to Engineers Ireland gives a lot of in-depth information about the bridge was refurbished! You can watch it here, along with Cllr McCarthys history of the bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52poh2ZfSA
Thanks to Youssuf Radwan for the suggestion!
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/
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π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif The bridge that must legally wobble](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/swLyst02ZK4/mqdefault.jpg)

![Why the US Army electrifies this water
The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier. Although for obvious reasons, I didnt get to see it close up. [The interviewee is project manager Jeff Zuercher, whose name caption got missed out! Apologies, Jeff.]
Sources, apart from the interview and the team I talked to:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130400272
https://www.npr.org/2009/12/04/121104335/chicago-canal-flooded-with-toxin-to-kill-asian-carp
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199
https://apnews.com/article/d44c3701de7847bea3b7218e1f3d3fc8
https://dnr.wi.gov/news/mediakits/mk_carpcontrol.asp
Edited by Dave Stevenson http://www.davestevenson.co.uk/
Thanks to Captain Nate at Peoria Carp Hunters https://peoriacarphunters.com/
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/
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π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: https://youtube.com/techdif Why the US Army electrifies this water](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t3oLeSPINOk/mqdefault.jpg)

