Abandoned Engineering
Abandoned Engineering is a TV show on Yesterday. A look at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 126 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.
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1:00:00Exploring decaying remains of Old Essex County Jail in New Jersey, a facility that became a powder keg of injustice that was set to explode.
1:00:00Exploring 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.
1:00:00We explore Fort Amador, the site of an American invasion in Panama, and a grisly Polish facility that once caged members of a revolutionary movement.
Series 11
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1:00:00Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre.
1:00:00Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible.
1:00:00Exploring a theme park in Buenos Aires built in a time of terror and dogged by controversy, and a jaw-dropping collection of castles in Turkey.
1:00:00Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia.
1:00:00Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator.
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1:00:00Exploring traces of a mass deception hidden at Ponte Dirillo in Italy, as well as a once lavish theatre in Ohio and an ancient city with a poisonous secret.
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1:00:00Exploring to the Tunisian desert and a vast chain of ruins that once stood in the way of Allied Victory - until a band of rogue heroes uncovered their weakness.
Series 10 1:00:00
1:00:00Exploring an industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed.
1:00:00Exploring Agdam, a city in Azerbaijan raised to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war.
1:00:00Exploring the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once know as the Venice of the air.
1:00:00Exploring a series of vaults, hidden from view in Edinburgh, Scotland that tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution.
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1:00:00Exploring 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.
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1:00:00Exploring Namibia's arid Skeleton Coast, where traces of a brutal but once vital industry lie scattered.
1:00:00Exploring 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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1:00:00Exploring 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.
1:00:00Exploring a luxury resort in Argentina, a Greek palace above a Mexican city and a former hotel in Hawaii.