TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are The Machines That Built America. This docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others.
The Machines That Built America brings to life some of America’s most storied inventors: Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black, Alonzo Decker, and many more. In eight episodes, viewers will meet these larger-than-life characters, inhabit their rivalries, and ride the rollercoaster of triumph and failure as they search for a breakthrough that will change humanity.
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![Peacock Releases Trailer for True Crime Documentary “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” Premiering Tuesday, June 10 [VIDEO]](https://mortystv.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Gilgo-Beach-murder-case-350x250.webp)
