
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.
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Air Date: 2003-09-04
This episode focuses on the construction of the SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to be both the ...
Air Date: 2003-09-11
Focusing on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, the episode examines the family that built it - John Augustus Ro...
Air Date: 2003-09-18
This episode tells the story of the construction in the early nineteenth century of the offshore lighthouse on Bell R...
Air Date: 2003-09-25
Set in London during the 1850s, this episode focuses on the construction of the London sewerage system, built to repl...
Air Date: 2003-10-02
Both the French and the American efforts build a sea-level canal through Panama linking the Atlantic Ocean with the P...
Air Date: 2003-10-09
The episode follows the construction of the Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental rail system, which would uni...
Air Date: 2003-10-16
The final episode focuses on the construction of the Hoover Dam during the Great Depression of the 1930s, focussing i...