Synopsis
Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.
Episodes
Season 11E1The 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.30m2E2The Transport RevolutionHow the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.30m3E3Driving 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.30m4E4Steam 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.30m5E5Steam 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.30m6E6Steam 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.30m
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