Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.
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Season 1
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The Early Pioneers
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.
Jul 15, 2003 · 30m -
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The Transport Revolution
How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
Jul 22, 2003 · 30m -
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Driving the Wheels of Industry
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power charts the role of steam in Britain’s 18th- and 19th-century industrial expansion, and the use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steel works until well into the 20th century.
Jul 29, 2003 · 30m -
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Steam down the Road
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power looks at experiments in the use of steam for road transport that took place a full century before the invention of the car.
Aug 5, 2003 · 30m -
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Steam on the Water
A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Aug 12, 2003 · 29m -
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Steam and the Modern Age
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s history of steam power concludes with a look at today’s powerful steam turbines that generate electricity and the preservation of our steam heritage in museums.
Aug 19, 2003 · 29m