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. Disaster in the Desert2020-01-21 · 44mThe desert town that faced a disaster of biblical proportions. Plus, vast coastal ruins that reveal a past once wiped from history.
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2. The Valkyrie Assassin2020-01-28 · 44mThe underground base with the power to destroy a nation, the site linked with an attempt to kill a dictator, and an ancient world discovered in the American wilderness.
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3. Escape from Devil's Island2020-02-04 · 44mClaustrophobic prison cells that contain a story worthy of international acclaim, and a vast mountainside complex that held the power to change the world.
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4. Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal2020-02-11 · 44mA secretive underground base that concealed the power to destroy nations, and a sprawling industrial relic clinging to the edge of an unforgiving waterfall.
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5. A Nation Torn Apart2020-02-18 · 44mIncluding an exploration of a marooned iron-clad structure in Portland, off the coast of England, that hides a dramatic story of war and resilience; Pratt Cotton Gin Mill, a vast f
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6. Ghosts of the Swamp2020-02-25 · 44mIncluding an exploration of forgotten relics from the defence of America's homeland, at Fort Jackson, USA, concealed by the banks of the Mississippi River; a concrete behemoth at L
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7. Death Behind Bars2020-03-03 · 44mAn American prison for the violent and deranged with links to an infamous cult leader, and a cavernous tunnel network in France offering shelter from unrelenting bombardment.
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8. Behind Enemy Lines2020-03-10 · 44mAn Albanian village home to Allied secret agents, devastated for resisting the Nazi war machine, and a notorious asylum in America that enforced lobotomies on a terrifying scale.
Cast
Tom WardSelf - NarratorImages
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