Abandoned underground megaprojects
Daniel Coughlin
11 January 2024
Supersized subterranean structures that were left to rot
Didier ZYLBERYNG / Alamy Stock Photo
Greenland: Camp Century
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Greenland: Camp Century
Courtesy Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
Chicago, USA: Block 37 Superstation
Courtesy The Boring Company
Chicago, USA: Block 37 Superstation
Joshua Lott/Getty
China: 816 Nuclear Military Plant
Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty
China: 816 Nuclear Military Plant
Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty
Poland: Project Riese
Przykuta [CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]
Poland: Project Riese
Chmee2 [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Crimea: Balaklava Underground Submarine Base 825 GTS
Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty
Crimea: Balaklava Underground Submarine Base 825 GTS
Andrew Butko [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/b
France: Maginot Line
Keystone/Getty
France: Maginot Line
Didier ZYLBERYNG / Alamy Stock Photo
Norway: Olavsvern
U. Gernhoefer/Shutterstock
Norway: Olavsvern
Courtesy Olavsvern Group AS
Texas, USA: Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
Bob Daemmrich / Alamy Stock Photo
Texas, USA: Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
US Government/Public domain
Lithuania: Plokštinė Missile Base
Artūras M. [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]
Lithuania: Plokštinė Missile Base
Roberto Cornacchia / Alamy Stock Photo
North Dakota, USA: Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
Andrew Stoup/Shutterstock
North Dakota, USA: Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex
ian.msp/Instagram
Nevada, USA: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
Maxim Kniazkov/AFP/Getty
Nevada, USA: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository
Nuclear Regulatory Commission [CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
Bosnia: Željava Air Base
Anze Furlan/Shutterstock
Bosnia: Željava Air Base
Ballota [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
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