Abandoned Engineering (2017)
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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Episode 1 - Pirates of the North Sea
Release Date: 2024-06-10Exploring Opa-Locka City Hall, a strange structure that began as the dream of an American Renaissance man, but soon turned into a nightmare.
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Episode 2 - The Ghosts of Skeleton Coast
Release Date: 2024-06-17We explore Namibia's arid Skeleton Coast, where traces of a brutal but once vital industry lie scattered.
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Episode 3 - The Desert Pirates
Release Date: 2024-06-24We 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.
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Episode 4 - Operation Just Cause
Release Date: 2024-07-01We explore Fort Amador, the site of an American invasion in Panama, and a grisly Polish facility that once caged members of a revolutionary movement.
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Episode 5 - The Real Schindler's List
Release Date: 2024-07-08We 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.
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Episode 6 - Jailhouse Rebellion
Release Date: 2024-07-15We 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.
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Episode 7 - Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train
Release Date: 2024-07-22We 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.
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Episode 8 - Panama's Nazi Conspiracy
Release Date: 2024-07-29We 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.