Modern Marvels (1993)
Season 23: Episode 12
Coin Operated Plus
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Air Date:
2025-12-06
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Release Date
1993
End Date
2022
Episode Description
Time to dig through those sofa cushions as Modern Marvels changes the way you think about coin-operated machines! From parking meters and pinball machines to vending machines and coin counters, we explore the ways people spend their quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies every day.
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Episode 1
Polio Vaccine
Episode 2
The Motion Picture
Episode 3
Satellites.
Episode 4
Radio: Out Of Thin Air
Episode 5
The Electric Light
Episode 6
The Phonograph
Episode 7
Great Towers in the Sky
Episode 8
Household Wonders.
Episode 9
Radar
Episode 10
Forensic Science: The Crime Fighter's Weapon.
Episode 11
The Stock Exchange
Episode 12
NORAD: The War Game Fortress
Episode 13
Earthmovers: The Power to Move Mountains
Episode 14
International Airports
Episode 15
Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging The Abyss
Episode 16
The Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Episode 17
American Steel: Built to Last.
Episode 18
Battlefield Engineering.
Episode 19
Statue of Liberty.
Episode 20
Episode 20
Episode 21
Episode 21
Episode 22
Episode 22
Episode 23
Episode 23
Episode 24
Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 25
Episode 26
Episode 26
Episode 27
Episode 27
Episode 28
Episode 28
Episode 29
Episode 29
Episode 1
Demolition
Episode 2
The Atlantic Wall
Episode 3
History of Tall Buildings
Episode 4
Aquariums
Episode 5
Las Vegas Hotels.
Episode 6
The Oakland Bay Bridge.
Episode 7
Monumental Statues
Episode 8
Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs
Episode 9
The Police Car
Episode 10
Plastics
Episode 11
Medical Imaging
Episode 12
Extreme Sports Gadgets
Episode 13
Bombs
Episode 14
Prosthetics
Episode 15
Weather Prediction
Episode 16
Stereos
Episode 17
Mail Delivery
Episode 18
Clocks
Episode 19
Airships.
Episode 20
Physical Fitness
Episode 21
Engineering Disasters
Episode 22
City Parks
Episode 23
Spy Technology
Episode 24
Battlefield Medicine
Episode 25
U.S. Mints: Money Machines
Episode 26
Rescue Equipment
Episode 27
Scuba And Deep Sea Diving
Episode 28
Offshore Oil Drilling
Episode 29
Dynamite.
Episode 1
The City Beneath Our Feet
Episode 2
Tower Bridge
Episode 3
The Chunnel
Episode 4
Space Stations.
Episode 5
The Pentagon
Episode 6
Bridges.
Episode 7
Prisons
Episode 8
Great Inventions
Episode 9
Office Wonders
Episode 10
Police Technology
Episode 11
Disaster Technology
Episode 12
Concrete
Episode 13
Camping Technology
Episode 14
Private Planes
Episode 15
Race Cars
Episode 16
Traffic
Episode 17
Buses
Episode 18
Gold Mines.
Episode 19
Banks.
Episode 20
The Erie Canal
Episode 21
Trucks
Episode 22
Aswan Dam
Episode 23
China's Great Dam
Episode 24
The Maginot Line
Episode 25
Video Games: Behind The Fun
Episode 26
The Body Shop
Episode 27
Machine Tools
Episode 28
Farming Technology
Episode 29
Assembly Lines
Episode 30
Suez Canal
Episode 31
London Underground
Episode 32
Combat Training.
Episode 33
Remote Operated Vehicles
Episode 1
Battle Gear.
Episode 2
Proving Grounds
Episode 3
Commercial Jets
Episode 4
Apollo 13
Episode 5
Survival Technology
Episode 6
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel
Episode 7
Garage Gadgets
Episode 8
Construction Machines
Episode 9
Hadrian's Wall
Episode 10
Monster Trucks.
Episode 11
Lighthouses
Episode 12
Computers
Episode 13
Engineering Disasters 3.
Episode 14
Chemical And Biological Weapons
Episode 15
International Airports II
Episode 16
Codes.
Episode 17
The M-16
Episode 18
The Colosseum
Episode 19
The World Trade Center
Episode 20
Hardware Stores
Episode 21
Saloons
Episode 22
More Gadgets
Episode 23
Cattle Ranches
Episode 24
Cannons.
Episode 25
Nuclear Subs
Episode 26
Air Shows
Episode 27
West Point
Episode 28
Quarries.
Episode 29
Diamond Mines
Episode 30
The House
Episode 31
Work Clothes
Episode 32
Bunkers.
Episode 33
Cemeteries.
Episode 34
War Games
Episode 35
Drive-Thru
Episode 36
Times Square
Episode 37
Los Angeles
Episode 38
Glass
Episode 39
Firing Ranges
Episode 40
The St. Louis Arch
Episode 41
Episode 41
Episode 42
Episode 42
Episode 43
Episode 43
Episode 44
Episode 44
Episode 1
Breweries.
Episode 2
War Planes of World War II
Episode 3
The Winchester
Episode 4
Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks and Jeeps
Episode 5
Tunnels of Vietnam.
Episode 6
Helicopters
Episode 7
Private Jets
Episode 8
James Bond Gadgets.
Episode 9
Remote Control
Episode 10
Million Dollar Tech
Episode 11
Pleasure Boats
Episode 12
Bulletproof.
Episode 13
Siege Machines.
Episode 14
The Junkyard
Episode 15
The F-14
Episode 16
Engines
Episode 17
The Magnum
Episode 18
The Wheel
Episode 19
Star City
Episode 20
Ice Breakers
Episode 21
Fire and Ice.
Episode 22
Muscle Cars
Episode 23
Axes, Swords and Knives.
Episode 24
The World's Biggest Machines.
Episode 25
Drag Racing
Episode 26
The Manhattan Project.
Episode 27
The Tackle Box
Episode 28
Hunting Gear.
Episode 29
Camouflage
Episode 30
Models
Episode 31
Hangars
Episode 32
Beach Technology
Episode 33
The Big Dig
Episode 34
Super Guns
Episode 35
Strategic Air Command.
Episode 36
Gasoline
Episode 37
Towing.
Episode 38
Jet Engines
Episode 39
Nordhausen
Episode 40
War Trains
Episode 41
Liberty Ships of World War II
Episode 42
Magnets
Episode 43
The Chrysler Building.
Episode 44
The Autobahn
Episode 45
Home Tech
Episode 46
Cranes
Episode 47
The Internet: Behind The Web
Episode 48
Sherman Tanks
Episode 49
Great Train Disasters
Episode 50
Secret Life Of The Crash Test Dummy
Episode 51
High Tech Sex
Episode 52
The Spitfire
Episode 53
Garbage
Episode 54
More Bond Gadgets
Episode 55
Limos
Episode 56
Digi-Tech
Episode 57
Salt Mines
Episode 1
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Episode 2
Castles & Dungeons
Episode 3
Ice Road Truckers
Episode 4
Winter Warriors
Episode 5
Booby Traps
Episode 6
The Alcan Highway
Episode 7
Twin Towers of the East
Episode 8
The Mackinac Bridge
Episode 9
Bullet Trains
Episode 10
Non-Lethal Weapons
Episode 11
Space Stations
Episode 12
Army Corps of Engineers
Episode 13
Black Hawk: Night Stalker
Episode 14
Japanese Guns of WWII
Episode 15
Titanic Tech
Episode 16
Coal Mines
Episode 17
Secrets of the Acropolis
Episode 18
Machine Guns
Episode 19
Ball Turret Gunners
Episode 20
U.S. Guns of World War II
Episode 21
MiG 15
Episode 22
T-34: Russian Victory
Episode 23
Tank Crews
Episode 24
Harley-Davidson
Episode 25
Torture Devices
Episode 26
Cosmodrome
Episode 27
Exterminator
Episode 28
Million Dollar Guns
Episode 29
High Voltage
Episode 30
4x4
Episode 31
Dangerous Cargo
Episode 32
Gunslingers
Episode 33
More Engineering Disasters
Episode 34
Engineering Disasters 4
Episode 35
Nature Tech: Tsunamis
Episode 36
Logging Tech
Episode 37
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Episode 38
Car Crashes
Episode 39
Sandhogs
Episode 40
Convertibles
Episode 41
Loading Docks
Episode 42
Terror Tech: Military
Episode 43
Nature Tech: Tornadoes
Episode 44
Military Movers
Episode 45
Police Guns
Episode 46
Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise
Episode 47
Bullets
Episode 48
Aircraft Carrier
Episode 49
The Gunboats of Vietnam
Episode 50
Metal
Episode 51
Landmines
Episode 52
Space Shuttle Columbia
Episode 1
Guns of the Russian Military
Episode 2
The F-15
Episode 3
The Submarines
Episode 4
Pacific Coast Highway
Episode 5
Gangster Guns
Episode 6
Ship of Gold
Episode 7
Racetrack Tech
Episode 8
Oil Fire Fighting
Episode 9
Command Central
Episode 10
Front Line Reporting
Episode 11
Nature's Engineers
Episode 12
Bible Tech
Episode 13
The Power Grid
Episode 14
Bathroom Tech
Episode 15
Engineering Disasters 6
Episode 16
F-18 Hornet
Episode 17
Hydraulics
Episode 18
The Subs of WWII
Episode 19
Plane Crashes
Episode 20
D-Day Tech
Episode 21
A-10 Tankbuster
Episode 22
Rubber
Episode 23
City Water
Episode 24
Greatest Movies Gadgets
Episode 25
Robots
Episode 26
Nuclear Tech
Episode 27
Apollo 11
Episode 28
World War I Tech
Episode 29
Distilleries
Episode 30
Oil Tankers
Episode 31
Athens Subway
Episode 32
Extreme Aircraft
Episode 33
Engineering Disasters 7
Episode 34
George Washington Bridge
Episode 35
Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton
Episode 36
Building a Skyscraper: The Exterior
Episode 37
Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment
Episode 38
Building a Skyscraper: The Arteries
Episode 39
The Sears Tower
Episode 40
St. Lawrence Seaway
Episode 41
Guns of WWII
Episode 42
St. Lawrence Tech
Episode 43
Police Pursuit
Episode 44
SOS Tech
Episode 45
More of the World's Biggest Machines
Episode 46
Firefighting: The Arson Detectives
Episode 1
Poison
Episode 2
Car Tech of the Future
Episode 3
The Arch
Episode 4
More Nature's Engineers
Episode 5
World's Biggest Machines 3
Episode 6
Blackbird Stealth
Episode 7
The Butcher
Episode 8
George Washington Carver Tech
Episode 9
Firefighting!: Extreme Conditions
Episode 10
Desert Tech
Episode 11
Sub Zero
Episode 12
The Great Bridge: 8 Miles of Steel
Episode 13
Howard Hughes Tech
Episode 14
Edwards Air Force Base
Episode 15
Taxidermy
Episode 16
SWAT
Episode 17
Deadliest Weapons
Episode 18
The Doomsday Clock
Episode 19
The Basement
Episode 20
Paint
Episode 21
Mega Movers
Episode 22
Punishment
Episode 23
Bricks
Episode 24
Glue
Episode 25
F/A-22 Raptor
Episode 26
Civil War Tech
Episode 27
Machines of D-Day
Episode 28
John Hancock Center
Episode 29
The Cape Cod Canal
Episode 30
Secret Japanese Aircraft of World War II
Episode 31
Future Tech
Episode 32
Edison Tech
Episode 33
Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters
Episode 34
Mountain Roads
Episode 35
Route 66
Episode 36
Cowboy Tech
Episode 37
Sewers
Episode 38
Challenger Tank
Episode 39
World's Biggest Machines 4
Episode 40
Dredging
Episode 41
Lube Job
Episode 42
Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of World War II
Episode 43
The World's Fastest
Episode 44
The B-2 Stealth Bomber
Episode 45
High Risk: Helicopter Lineman
Episode 46
Wiring America
Episode 47
Nature Tech: Lightning
Episode 48
HMS Victory
Episode 49
Engineering an Empire: Rome
Episode 50
Coffee
Episode 51
Sugar
Episode 52
Cereal: History in a Bowl
Episode 53
F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
Episode 54
German Small Arms of World War II
Episode 55
The Auto Store
Episode 56
Secret Allied Aircraft of World War II
Episode 57
Engineering Disasters 17
Episode 58
Brewing
Episode 59
The Lumberyard
Episode 1
Containers
Episode 2
Fire
Episode 3
Cotton
Episode 4
Engineering Disasters 18
Episode 5
Candy
Episode 6
Weird Weapons: The Axis
Episode 7
Nature Tech: Avalanches
Episode 8
Engineering Disasters: New Orleans
Episode 9
Leather
Episode 10
Engineering Disasters 19
Episode 11
Insulation
Episode 12
Hi-Tech Hitler
Episode 13
Shovels
Episode 14
Drilling
Episode 15
80s Tech
Episode 16
Ben Franklin Tech
Episode 17
Copper Kings
Episode 18
Heavy Metals
Episode 19
Money
Episode 20
BBQ Tech
Episode 21
American Eats Special
Episode 22
High Explosives
Episode 23
Pirate Tech
Episode 24
Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives
Episode 25
World's Biggest Machines 5
Episode 26
Super Tools: Skyscraper
Episode 27
The AK-47
Episode 28
Nuts
Episode 29
Classic Cars
Episode 30
Making Medieval Armor
Episode 31
Rube Goldberg
Episode 32
Batteries
Episode 33
Mummy Tech
Episode 34
Levees
Episode 35
Water
Episode 36
The Cola Wars
Episode 37
Copper
Episode 1
Balls
Episode 2
Environmental Tech
Episode 3
Canning
Episode 4
Pumps
Episode 5
Ice
Episode 6
More Ice
Episode 7
The Destroyer
Episode 8
Star Trek Tech
Episode 9
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Episode 10
Barbarian Battle Tech
Episode 11
Dams
Episode 12
Yard Tech
Episode 13
More Military Movers
Episode 14
Deep Sea Salvage
Episode 15
Welding
Episode 16
60s Tech
Episode 17
It Came From Outer Space
Episode 18
World's Strongest II
Episode 19
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
Episode 20
70s Tech
Episode 21
Truck Stops
Episode 22
Fertilizer
Episode 23
Cheese
Episode 24
Saws
Episode 25
Aluminum
Episode 26
Sticky Stuff
Episode 27
Chocolate
Episode 28
Bedroom Tech
Episode 29
Vacuums
Episode 30
Traps
Episode 31
Nature Tech: Volcanoes
Episode 32
Star Wars Tech
Episode 33
Extreme Aircraft II
Episode 34
Deep Freeze
Episode 35
Acid
Episode 36
World's Sharpest
Episode 37
Engineering Disasters 21
Episode 38
Environmental Tech II
Episode 1
Inside Your Walls
Episode 2
Built by Hand
Episode 6
Weird Machines
Episode 7
More Candy
Episode 8
Battle Ready
Episode 10
Waterproof
Episode 1
Mega Speed Countdown
Episode 3
Mega Weapon Countdown
Episode 4
Mega Food Countdown
Episode 5
Mega Snack Countdown
Episode 6
Super Strong Countdown
Episode 7
Amazing Job Countdown
Episode 8
Strangest Countdown
Episode 9
Hottest Rides Countdown
Episode 10
Amazing Gadgets Countdown
Episode 2
Food: Cheese
Episode 4
Food: Chocolate
Episode 6
The Future of Food
Episode 7
Fast Food
Episode 8
Food: Inventions and Innovations
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