Abandoned Engineering

tv show

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133 total episodes

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14 seasons

Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.

First Aired February 18, 2017

Overview

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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Escobar's Ruin

Season 4 - Episode 6 - 1h 44m

Air Date

August 01, 2019

Overview

Features a ruined compound in Colombia which was once home to Pablo Escobar and alien-looking structures with no apparent purpose, isolated in an empty English marshland in Denge, near Dungeness in Kent. But how and why were they ever built at all, and why are they now left abandoned?