Summary
Documentary series that looks at some of the greatest engineering projects that have now been abandoned.
Abandoned Engineering
- Season 4
- Documentary and factual
- News and current affairs
Episode 2: Palace of Death
Summary
A seemingly endless concrete line stretching through the French countryside, which sits as a monument to a discarded engineering advancement.
Review
The fun of this series is guessing what the abandoned structures were originally used for before the experts tell us – or put forward their theories.
You’ll probably get close to working out that the lengthy raised concrete track in France was for some form of transport. But the purpose of the Nazi-built circular “henge” in the Polish countryside with its web of underground tunnels is much trickier. And surely nobody would think that behind the ornate façade of a large building in Shanghai was an Escher-like maze of walkways and stairs, or that the building was used for anything unusual. The experts’ repeated insistence it had a “macabre” purpose is pushing it a bit, though.
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- 2019-07-04
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Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Self - Narrator | Tom Ward |
| Self - Engineer & Adventurer | Rob Bell |
| Self - Military Historian | James S. Corum |
| Self - President, Historic Shanghai | Patrick Cranley |
| Self - Mechanical Engineer | Daniel Dickrell |
| Self - Aerotrain Pilot | Daniel Ermisse |
| Self - Entrepreneur | Emeuric Gleizes |
| Self - Historian & Author | Andrew Gough |
| Self - Earth Scientist | Dougal Jerram |
| Self - Author and Journalist | James Meigs |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Luke Wales |
| Director | Tom Williams |
| Editor | Quincy Andrews |
| Editor | Jack Foster |
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Episode 2
Palace of Death
Summary
A seemingly endless concrete line stretching through the French countryside, which sits as a monument to a discarded engineering advancement.Review
The fun of this series is guessing what the abandoned structures were originally used for before the experts tell us – or put forward their theories.
You’ll probably get close to working out that the lengthy raised concrete track in France was for some form of transport. But the purpose of the Nazi-built circular “henge” in the Polish countryside with its web of underground tunnels is much trickier. And surely nobody would think that behind the ornate façade of a large building in Shanghai was an Escher-like maze of walkways and stairs, or that the building was used for anything unusual. The experts’ repeated insistence it had a “macabre” purpose is pushing it a bit, though.
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
Streaming
Details
- Released on
- 2019-07-04
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Self - Narrator Tom Ward Self - Engineer & Adventurer Rob Bell Self - Military Historian James S. Corum Self - President, Historic Shanghai Patrick Cranley Self - Mechanical Engineer Daniel Dickrell Self - Aerotrain Pilot Daniel Ermisse Self - Entrepreneur Emeuric Gleizes Self - Historian & Author Andrew Gough Self - Earth Scientist Dougal Jerram Self - Author and Journalist James Meigs Crew
role name Director Luke Wales Director Tom Williams Editor Quincy Andrews Editor Jack Foster
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