Ripple Rock

19597 min 3 secFilm: Documentary

Production: Nicholas Balla

This film shows a complicated three-year engineering project leading to the destruction of Ripple Rock, a deathtrap in the shipping lane between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Also shown are tunnelling beneath the ocean floor of Seymour Narrows, the placing of the explosives and a close-up view of the successful explosion in 1958.

Subject categories


  • Technology > EngineeringMarine Technology
  • Safety > Explosives and FirearmsWater Safety
  • Transportation > Water Safety and Emergency Measures

Credits


producer
Nicholas Balla
narrator
B. Kehane