Abandoned Engineering

  

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Abandoned EngineeringQuest for Power: Hear about the disused structures that were once at the forefront of power supply, including Budapest's Kelenfold Power Station and New York's Wardenclyffe Tower. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 29, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRoads to Nowhere: Hear how a crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California caused the closure of two roads. Learn why a route used by the French Resistance shut in 2003. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 29, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringItalian Turf War: Exploring Castel Volturno in Campana in Italy, Colorado and HMP Shepton Mallet in Somerset. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 29, 9:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRoads to Nowhere: Hear how a crumbling hill in the Peak District and dunes in California caused the closure of two roads. Learn why a route used by the French Resistance shut in 2003. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 29, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringSabotage in the Mountains: The remarkable projects include a towering structure with an explosive past, a deserted cityscape, a mysterious top-secret facility and a vast Nazi construction. [S,AD]Sat, Mar 30, 2:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringGermany's D-Day Fortress: A devastated cliff-top ruin, an extraordinary tall tower, a concrete structure stranded at sea and a heavy metal monster in a field all feature. [S,AD]Sat, Mar 30, 3:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRock 'N' Roll Island: Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator. [S,AD]Mon, Apr 1, 6:10 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPenthouse Palace: Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia. [S,AD]Mon, Apr 1, 7:10 amYesterday50 mins
Abandoned EngineeringHitler's Army Powerhouse: 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. [S,AD]Mon, Apr 1, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBritain's Sea Fort Complex: Seven huge steel boxes stand rusting in the Thames Estuary. Hear how the Red Sands sea fort was once Britain's first line of defence against the Nazis. [S,AD]Mon, Apr 1, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBritain's Sea Fort Complex: Seven huge steel boxes stand rusting in the Thames Estuary. Hear how the Red Sands sea fort was once Britain's first line of defence against the Nazis. [S,AD]Mon, Apr 1, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRock 'N' Roll Island: Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 1:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPenthouse Palace: Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 2:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCastle Kingdom: Exploring 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. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 6:10 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringFake News Fortress: Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 7:10 amYesterday50 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Italian Dam Disaster: Hear the fateful story of the disused Vajont Dam in Italy, the site of a tragic disaster in 1963 which resulted in the deaths of around 2,000 people. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBattle of Britain Technology Facility: Learn about the strange-looking, derelict military facilities in Farnborough, which were once wind tunnels that played a vital role in WWII. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBattle of Britain Technology Facility: Learn about the strange-looking, derelict military facilities in Farnborough, which were once wind tunnels that played a vital role in WWII. [S,AD]Tue, Apr 2, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCastle Kingdom: Exploring 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. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 1:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringFake News Fortress: Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 2:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe True Cross: Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 6:10 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringWonderland: A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 7:10 amYesterday50 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Abandoned Nazi Railway: The Canfranc Railway Station is a large and elaborate abandoned Nazi railway station in the Spanish Pyrenees. Why was it built? [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringAmerica's Jungle City: 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. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringAmerica's Jungle City: 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. [S,AD]Wed, Apr 3, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe True Cross: Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 1:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringWonderland: A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 2:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringK-Pop Dreamland: Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 6:10 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBlues Prison: Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers! [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 7:10 amYesterday50 mins
Abandoned EngineeringGermany's Lost Warship: 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. [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringLost Highway In The Rainforest: Hidden in the Brazilian jungle is the Petrobras Viaduct, an extraordinary highway that seemingly leads nowhere. Who built it and why? [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringLost Highway In The Rainforest: Hidden in the Brazilian jungle is the Petrobras Viaduct, an extraordinary highway that seemingly leads nowhere. Who built it and why? [S,AD]Thu, Apr 4, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins

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Abandoned EngineeringGhost Ships: Hear about some once-great triumphs of marine engineering, now left to rust. A ship graveyard in Maryland has been colonised by wildlife. We go inside a Cold War sub. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 28, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringGhost Ships: Hear about some once-great triumphs of marine engineering, now left to rust. A ship graveyard in Maryland has been colonised by wildlife. We go inside a Cold War sub. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 28, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringLost Bridges: Hear about some magnificent bridges that time forgot. A hurricane put paid to Goat Canyon Trestle in California, while Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 28, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMission: Space: The eerie world of abandoned Space Age projects. What became of the HARP gun in Barbados and the mountainside Barcroft Observatory in California? Find out today. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 27, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMission: Space: The eerie world of abandoned Space Age projects. What became of the HARP gun in Barbados and the mountainside Barcroft Observatory in California? Find out today. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 27, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringSilent Cities: 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. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 27, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringKorea's Joan of Arc: Exploring Seodaemun Prison, a facility in Seoul that helped spawn a legend known as South Korea's Joan of Arc. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 26, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringKorea's Joan of Arc: Exploring Seodaemun Prison, a facility in Seoul that helped spawn a legend known as South Korea's Joan of Arc. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 26, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMyth & Legend: Exploring the ruined site of Troy, that helped decode one of the world's most enduring mysteries. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 26, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringHell Island: Exploring Anchieta, a tropical island complex in Brazil and the scene of a dramatic uprising. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 25, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPropaganda Palace: Exploring the Apollo Movie Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia, an ornate shrine to Soviet propaganda. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 22, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMurder in Martinique: An exploration of Chateau Aubery on the island of Martinique, where a criminal kingpin wiped out the opposition. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 22, 9:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPropaganda Palace: Exploring the Apollo Movie Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia, an ornate shrine to Soviet propaganda. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 22, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Montauk Conspiracy: Exploring Camp Hero in Long Island, and a salt mine in Poland. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 22, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMurder in Martinique: An exploration of Chateau Aubery on the island of Martinique, where a criminal kingpin wiped out the opposition. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 21, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBlues Prison: Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers! [S,AD]Wed, Mar 20, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBlues Prison: Exploring Old Joliet Prison, a battered facility near Chicago that descended into open war, but then hosted the Blues Brothers! [S,AD]Wed, Mar 20, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringK-Pop Dreamland: Exploring Yongma Land - a South Korean dreamland given a second life from the most unlikely of places. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 20, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringWonderland: A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 19, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringWonderland: A symbol of national pride that became a symbol of excess in the Turkish capital of Ankara. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 19, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe True Cross: Exploring Old Byron Hot Springs in the Californian desert - a once glittering Hollywood hotspot, converted into a top-secret interrogation centre. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 19, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringFake News Fortress: Exploring Dover Commando Fortress in South East England, where traces of a top-secret Commando raid are still visible. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 18, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCastle Kingdom: Exploring 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. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 18, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringLost Highway In The Rainforest: Hidden in the Brazilian jungle is the Petrobras Viaduct, an extraordinary highway that seemingly leads nowhere. Who built it and why? [S,AD]Sat, Mar 16, 3:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringGermany's Lost Warship: 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. [S,AD]Sat, Mar 16, 2:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringAmerica's Jungle City: 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. [S,AD]Sat, Mar 16, 1:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPenthouse Palace: Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 15, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringPenthouse Palace: Exploring Haludovo Palace Hotel in Croatia, Wolf's Lair, a German military complex and Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope - a pioneering facility in Armenia. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 15, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRock 'N' Roll Island: Exploring Air Studios, on the Island of Montserrat, that became a mecca for rock legends. Also Tskaltubo, in Georgia, built to host a fearsome dictator. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 15, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Drop: Exploring the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, a music mecca that dared to take on the authorities and paid the price, and Belgica Fort, built to defend an unlikely treasure. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 14, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Drop: Exploring the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans, a music mecca that dared to take on the authorities and paid the price, and Belgica Fort, built to defend an unlikely treasure. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 14, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringAn American Exodus: Exploring a decrepit Liberian landmark with American origins, a desolate town in Belgium and a pioneering scientific structure in Cleveland. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 14, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBlitz Spirit: Exploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler's planes, Casa Albero in Italy, USS Hornet in California and the Sofia tunnels. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 13, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringBlitz Spirit: Exploring a grand structure in Hull that was reduced to rubble by Hitler's planes, Casa Albero in Italy, USS Hornet in California and the Sofia tunnels. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 13, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Green Line: Exploring Serbia, Fort Pike in Louisiana, and a mountainside refuge in Georgia that was revealed to the world by an act of God. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 13, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCastle Of The Occult: Exploring a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague that hides Houska Castle, an eerie castle rumoured to possess supernatural powers. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 12, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCastle Of The Occult: Exploring a dense forest near the Czech capital of Prague that hides Houska Castle, an eerie castle rumoured to possess supernatural powers. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 12, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRock And Ruin: Exploring 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. [S,AD]Tue, Mar 12, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMoonshot: Exploring an industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 11, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringMoonshot: Exploring an industrial ruin in the Florida Everglades that once competed in the greatest race humankind has ever witnessed. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 11, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringDrone Wars: Exploring Agdam, a city in Azerbaijan raised to the ground in a conflict decided by a new weapon of war. [S,AD]Mon, Mar 11, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCowboy Mountain: Exploring the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once know as the Venice of the air. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 8, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringCowboy Mountain: Exploring the remains of an ingenious sky-high solution to a ground-based problem, Chiatura, once know as the Venice of the air. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 8, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringEmemy At The Gates: Exploring a series of vaults, hidden from view in Edinburgh, Scotland that tell a murky story of opportunity, crime and destitution. [S,AD]Fri, Mar 8, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Rock: Exploring the Tunnels of Gibraltar, a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 7, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringThe Rock: Exploring the Tunnels of Gibraltar, a Second World War espionage base, hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 7, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringRaiders & Invaders: Exploring Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town drenched in infamy. Also, Alcatraz, a facility famed for breakouts but also subjected to a daring break-in. [S,AD]Thu, Mar 7, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringNiagara'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. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 6, 11:00 pmYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringNiagara'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. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 6, 9:00 amYesterday60 mins
Abandoned EngineeringTreasures 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. [S,AD]Wed, Mar 6, 8:00 amYesterday60 mins