Abandoned Engineering (2017)
Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
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Episodes
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1. Raiders & Invaders2022-09-05 · 43mExplore Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy, the victim of a notorious raid, Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts, subjected to a daring break-in, and Sealand,
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2. The Rock2022-09-12 · 43mThe Tunnels of Gibraltar were a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar, which lay undiscovered for decades. At Atlas-1 Test Site, are the remains of an in
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3. Enemy At The Gates2022-09-19 · 43mExploring a series of vaults, hidden from view in Edinburgh, Scotland that tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution.
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4. Cowboy Mountain2022-09-26 · 43mExploring the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once know as the Venice of the air
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5. Drone Wars2022-10-03 · 43mExploring Agdam, a city in Azerbaijan raised to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war.
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6. Moonshot2022-10-10 · 43mExploring an industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed.
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7. Rock And Ruin2022-10-17 · 43mExploring traces of a mass deception hidden at Ponte Dirillo in Italy, as well as a once lavish theatre in Ohio and an ancient city with a poisonous secret.
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8. Castle Of The Occult2022-10-24 · 44mExplores a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague that hides Houska Castle, an eerie keep that has been subject to long-standing rumours that it possesses supernatural power
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9. The Green Line2022-10-31 · 44mExploring Serbia, Fort Pike in Louisiana, and a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God.
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10. Blitz Spirit2022-11-07 · 44mExploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler's planes, Casa Albero in Italy, USS Hornet in California and the Sofia tunnels.
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11. An American Exodus2022-11-14 · 43mExploring a decrepit Liberian landmark with American origins, a desolate town in Belgium and a pioneering scientific structure in Cleveland.
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12. The Drop2022-11-21 · 44mExploring the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans that dared to take on the authorities and paid the price and Belgica Fort, built to defend an unlikely treasure.
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