The BEST episodes of Abandoned Engineering season 2
Every episode of Abandoned Engineering season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Abandoned Engineering season 2!
As the saying goes – they probably seemed like good ideas at the time. The world is peppered with examples of incredible engineering projects and buildings designed to make life easier for those that used them, amaze those that came to see them, and make money for those that ordered, designed and built them. They were the stuff of dreams. Each and every one of these extraordinary places is home to a wealth of powerful and compelling stories. We’ll see and hear about some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. We’ll show how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts.
#1 - Battle of Britain Technology Facility
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2018
Learn about the strange-looking, derelict military facilities in Farnborough, which were once wind tunnels that played a vital role in WWII.
#2 - The Abandoned Nazi Railway
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2018
The Canfranc Railway Station is a large and elaborate abandoned Nazi railway station in the Spanish Pyrenees. Why was it built?
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#3 - The Italian Dam Disaster
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/22/2018
An abandoned concrete wall... five strange deserted structures. A lost escape route from nuclear Armageddon... A submerged link to D-day... Once they were at the cutting edge of design and construction, now they lie disused, contaminated and dangerous. But who built them? And why were they abandoned?
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#4 - America's Jungle City
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/12/2018
Henry Ford's Fordlandia Rubber Town has been left to rot in the Amazon Rainforest, but it was once a symbol of the American dream.
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#5 - Hitler's Army Powerhouse
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/2018
Hear how the Politz synthetic fuel plant in Poland, now a derelict site, was once central to Nazi Germany's drive to become self-sufficient on fuel.
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#6 - Germany's Lost Warship
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/19/2018
The Georg Thiele was a technological masterpiece, but now it is a shipwreck, lost to the sea after running aground during a naval battle in WWII.
#7 - Britain's Sea Fort Complex
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/2018
The creation of a set of Second World War sea defences built near the mouth of the River Thames to protect London. Plus, a concrete pyramid build during the Cold War.
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#8 - Lost Highway In The Rainforest
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/26/2018
Hidden in the Brazilian jungle is the Petrobras Viaduct, an extraordinary highway that seemingly leads nowhere. Who built it and why?
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