Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
Abandoned Engineering (2017)
Series 9
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.
Released Feb. 18, 2017
Episode 44 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.engineering, tmdb.architecture-history, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.show
Production Companies: Like A Shot Entertainment
Network: U&Yesterday
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S9E1 - Megalomaniac's Palace
Exploring a once lavish palace in Iraq, the Sathorn Unique, an epic ghost tower in Thailand, and a former sports stadium in Georgia, USA
March 21, 2022, midnight
S9E2 - Jungle Fantasy Land
Exploring the remains of a pioneering industry town in Ohio, a once beautiful Croatian resort bombarded by enemy fire, and an otherworldly garden of Eden in Mexico.
March 28, 2022, midnight
S9E3 - The Beached Leviathan
The graffitied remains of a correctional facility in Atlanta, USA with a controversial and unexpected past, forgotten remnants of fraud and fusion on the Western border of Argentina and a mysterious ancient complex built by a devoted Khmer King in the jungles of Cambodia.
April 4, 2022, midnight
S9E4 - Tunnel of Terrors
Exploring a military strong-hold in the Philippines, a facility that spawned an American sporting great, and an English relic that hosted a cinematic sensation.
April 11, 2022, midnight
S9E5 - Apocolyptic Skyscraper
Exploring a ruined castle above a German village, a rural town in Idaho, a futuristic skyscraper in Johannesburg and a fantasy world outside of Buenos Aires.
April 18, 2022, midnight
S9E6 - Ruins of Empire
Exploring a British fort that became a bizzare zoo, a brutalist school for Communist top brass and a lost world hides secrets of a vanished people.
April 25, 2022, midnight
S9E7 - Trouble In Paradise
Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.
May 2, 2022, midnight
S9E8 - Experiments of War
Exploring a crumbling dam hidden in the Welsh valleys, a quaint outpost on a paradise island, and a mastery of ancient engineering that brought life to the planes of Mexico.
May 9, 2022, midnight
S9E9 - Ancient Encounter
Exploring a picturesque French castle, the ruins of a Kansas City hospital, an ancient Turkish city, and an island in Ireland that brought its inhabitants closer to God.
May 16, 2022, midnight
S9E10 - Alien Contact
Exploring a complex in Georgia pointing into deep space that almost discovered a signal from aliens.
May 23, 2022, midnight
S9E11 - Treasures To Die For
Exploring Hartwood, a haunting facility in Scotland, ruins of an ancient city in Iraq and a scandal hit town in New Mexico.
May 30, 2022, midnight
S9E12 - Niagara's Hidden Marvel
Exploring a royal retreat caught in a web of corruption, an engineering marvel hidden behind the Niagara Falls in Canada, and a subterranean treasure.
June 6, 2022, midnight
Network: U&Yesterday
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 5884 min.
Released: Feb. 18, 2017
Last Air Date: Nov. 26, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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