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. The Desert Ghost Fleet
★ 8.0
2019-03-26 · 44m
The programme looks at a mysterious group of rusting ships stranded in an arid desert, a monstrous defensive line on the snow-covered peaks of the Italian Alps, a ghostly collection of buildings, and the sunken remains of a unique vessel.
2. The Underwater Prison
★ 8.0
2019-04-02 · 44m
An abandoned prison beneath the water, a tunnel in the heart of a mountain, concrete towers hidden in the woods and a rusting coastal relic.
3. The Siege Of Sarajevo
★ 7.0
2019-04-09 · 44m
Concrete channels hidden in a mountaintop forest, a collapsing bridge, a marooned military base and the upright rusting carcass of ship.
4. Sabotage in the Mountains
2019-04-16 · 44m
A towering structure with an explosive past, a deserted cityscape, a mysterious top-secret facility and a vast Nazi construction.
5. Germany's D-Day Fortress
★ 8.0
2019-04-23 · 44m
A devastated cliff-top ruin, an extraordinarily tall tower, a concrete structure stranded at sea and a heavy metal monster in a field all feature.
6. Hitler's Wonder Weapons Bunker
★ 9.0
2019-04-30 · 44m
Hidden tunnels that saw a city prosper, a sunken wreck with a remarkable past, a concrete wartime dome and a mysterious Cold War building.
7. A Ghost Town In Spain
2019-05-07 · 44m
A village ruin, pitted and scarred, a ghostly fleet of ships, a bridge to nowhere hidden in a forest and strange metal structures in a wood.
8. England's Abandoned Village
2019-05-14 · 44m
An eerie, empty country village which hides a sad secret, a mysterious tower battered by the elements and a disused railway deep beneath the streets of a city.