Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam(2003)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2003-07-15
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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
Episodes: 6E01
The Early Pioneers
Air Date: 2003-07-15
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water f...
E02
The Transport Revolution
Air Date: 2003-07-22
How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
E03
Driving the Wheels of Industry
Air Date: 2003-07-29
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power charts the role of steam in Britain’s 18th- and 19th-...
E04
Steam down the Road
Air Date: 2003-08-05
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power looks at experiments in the use of steam for road tra...
E05
Steam on the Water
Air Date: 2003-08-12
A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more mo...
E06
Steam and the Modern Age
Air Date: 2003-08-19
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s history of steam power concludes with a look at today’s powerful steam turbines that ge...
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