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.
Cast: Fred Dibnah
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Season 1
6 episodes
- 1. The Early PioneersA visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.CC30minJul 15, 2003
- 2. The Transport RevolutionHow the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.CC30minJul 22, 2003
- 3. Driving the Wheels of IndustryThe 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.CC30minJul 29, 2003
- 4. Steam down the RoadThe 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.CC30minAug 5, 2003
- 5. Steam on the WaterA look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.CC30minAug 12, 2003
- 6. Steam and the Modern AgeThe 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.CC30minAug 19, 2003
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
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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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- Fred Dibnah
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