25 Deserted Film Sets Frozen in Hollywood History

20. "The Abyss" Underwater Domes, South Carolina, USA: Sunken Spectacle

James Cameron's ambitious 1989 sci-fi "The Abyss" required massive underwater sets. Two enormous, unfinished concrete containment vessels at a never-completed nuclear power plant in Gaffney, South Carolina, were filled with water to become the film’s deep-sea environment. Intricate structures representing the underwater habitat were built within. After filming, these colossal tanks and some internal set elements were largely abandoned, though not publicly accessible. They represent an extraordinary, hidden feat of engineering and filmmaking, a man-made abyss left to its watery silence.