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

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1. Pirates of the North Sea
2024-06-10 · 43m
Exploring Opa-Locka City Hall, a strange structure that began as the dream of an American Renaissance man, but soon turned into a nightmare.
2. The Ghosts of Skeleton Coast
2024-06-17 · 44m
We explore Namibia's arid Skeleton Coast, where traces of a brutal but once vital industry lie scattered.
3. The Desert Pirates
2024-06-24 · 44m
We head to the Tunisian desert to explore a vast chain of ruins that once stood in the way of Allied Victory - until a band of rogue heroes uncovered their weakness.
4. Operation Just Cause
2024-07-01 · 44m
We explore Fort Amador, the site of an American invasion in Panama, and a grisly Polish facility that once caged members of a revolutionary movement.
5. The Real Schindler's List
★ 7.0
2024-07-08 · 44m
We explore Schindler's Ark in the Czech Republic, a secret refuge in Europe's killing fields, and a lost Amazonian paradise deep in the Brazilian rainforest.
6. Jailhouse Rebellion
★ 7.0
2024-07-15 · 44m
We visit the decaying remains of Old Essex County Jail in New Jersey, a facility that became a powder keg of injustice that was set to explode.
7. Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train
★ 8.0
2024-07-22 · 44m
We visit the Polish city of Walbrzych, where a fairytale castle on a cliff conceals a vast subterranean tunnel network linked to a legend of lost Nazi gold.
8. Panama's Nazi Conspiracy
★ 9.0
2024-07-29 · 44m
We explore Fort Sherman, a jungle stronghold in Panama built to defend a prized American possession that soon faced the threat of an elaborate Nazi conspiracy.