Abandoned Engineering
“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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Abandoned Engineering | Tuesdays at 8pm
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Seasons
1.Silent Cities
18-02-201744mEmpty buildings and infrastructures are full of the echoes of real people and vanished lives, leaving many questions unanswered and mysteries unsolved. We explore the worlds strang...
2.Mission: Space
7.025-02-201744mWe aim for the stars and find out why unwanted battleship guns allow the United States to gain vital information about the borders of space. We ask how the shattered remains of a s...
3.Lost Bridges
9.021-03-201744mSoaring across some of the widest rivers and deepest valleys on the planet, bridges have always been at the cutting edge of engineering. We travel high into the mountains of the Co...
4.Ghost Ships
8.028-03-201744mExploring ship graveyards, including Scapa Flow in Orkney, where German warships were scuttled after the First World War, and Mallows Bay, home to 200 wrecks colonised by wildlife.
5.Quest for Power
7.004-04-201744mHow Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his thwarted quest to prove the US with free electricity...
6.Roads to Nowhere
10.006-04-201744mHear how a crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California caused the closure of two roads. Learn why a route used by the French Resistance shut in 2003.
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