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 133 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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What is left behind when urban areas are abandoned? Hear about some remarkable ghost towns, including Pripyat - frozen in time after Chernobyl - and Hashima Island.
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1:00:00Exploring derelict villas in Sicily that reveal the island's complicated history with the Mafia and an aristocratic mansion in Ireland embroiled in a bizarre terrorist plot.
1:00:00Exploring a nuclear-armed facility in Arkansas that served as America's last line of defence in the Cold War and an industrial relic in Wales.
1:00:00Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde.
1:00:00Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland where a honey-trap was devised for Napoleon.
1:00:00Exploring two ornate buildings in Texas that were once at the heart of the Mexican Revolution and a secret facility outside Berlin used by a ruthless dictator to escape justice.
1:00:00Exploring a crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities and a sprawling Texan farmstead with a hellish reputation.
1:00:00Exploring a derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England.
1:00:00Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.
Series 13
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1:00:00Exploring Fort Sherman, a jungle stronghold in Panama built to defend a prized American possession that soon faced the threat of an elaborate Nazi conspiracy.
1:00:00Exploring the Polish city of Walbrzych, where a fairy-tale castle on a cliff conceals a vast subterranean tunnel network linked to a legend of lost Nazi gold.
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.
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Exploring 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.
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 Seodaemun Prison, a facility in Seoul that helped spawn a legend known as South Korea's Joan of Arc.
1:00:00Exploring the ruined site of Troy, that helped decode one of the world's most enduring mysteries.
1:00:00Exploring Anchieta, a tropical island complex in Brazil and the scene of a dramatic uprising.