They probably seemed like good ideas at the time, as the expression goes. The world is littered with instances of magnificent engineering projects and buildings designed to make life simpler for those who used them, to astound those who came to see them, and to profit those who ordered, constructed, and built them. They were the stuff of dreams. To get them built in the first place, massive engineering challenges had to be addressed, impediments had to be conquered, and new technologies had to be implemented. Unfortunately, many of these magnificent structures have now been abandoned, put away like enormously expensive out-of-date toys, never to be used in the ways for which they were designed. Each of these magnificent locations is home to a variety of dramatic and captivating stories. We'll see and hear about some of the world's most outstanding instances of abandoned engineering...
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They probably seemed like good ideas at the time, as the expression goes. The world is littered with instances of magnificent engineering projects and buildings designed to make life simpler for those who used them, to astound those who came to see them, and to profit those who ordered, constructed, and built them. They were the stuff of dreams. To get them built in the first place, massive engineering challenges had to be addressed, impediments had to be conquered, and new technologies had to be implemented. Unfortunately, many of these magnificent structures have now been abandoned, put away like enormously expensive out-of-date toys, never to be used in the ways for which they were designed. Each of these magnificent locations is home to a variety of dramatic and captivating stories. We'll see and hear about some of the world's most outstanding instances of abandoned engineering...
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