Abandoned Engineering(2017)

Name: Abandoned Engineering
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-02-18
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tom Ward

Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.

★ 7.2(17)44m145 episodesReturning Series

Documentary

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.

First aired:: 2017-02-18
Country:: GB
Network:: U&Yesterday

Episodes

Series 1(6)Series 2(8)Series 3(8)Series 4(12)Series 5(8)Series 6(11)Series 7(12)Series 8(12)Series 9(12)Series 10(12)Season 11(8)Season 12(8)Season 13(8)Season 14(8)Season 15(12)

1. Rock 'N' Roll Island
2023-05-15 · 44m
Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.
2. Penthouse Palace
2023-05-22 · 44m
Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.
3. Castle Kingdom
2023-05-29 · 44m
Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
4. Fake News Fortress
2023-06-05 · 44m
Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
5. The True Cross
2023-06-12 · 43m
Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
6. Wonderland
2023-06-19 · 44m
A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara.
7. K-Pop Dreamland
2023-06-26 · 44m
Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places.
8. Blues Prison
2023-07-03 · 44m
Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers!