Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

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  • BBC Two
  • Documentary

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The Early Pioneers
Episode overview
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.
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The Transport Revolution
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How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
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Driving the Wheels of Industry
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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 .. show full overview
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Steaming Down the Road
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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.
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Steam on the Water
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In the penultimate episode of the series tracing the history of steam power, the Lancastrian steeplejack follows the progression of steam ships from early paddle steamers to the use of steam turbines in modern vessels.
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Steam and the Modern Age
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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.

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