Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam - Season 1

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
Datesjuil. 15, 2003 - août 19, 2003

Episodes

The Early Pioneers
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Early Pioneers

Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station. Fred visits Cornwall to look at the early history of the steam engine, first developed to pump water from tin mines.

juil. 15, 2003
The Transport Revolution
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Transport Revolution

Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power, from early colliery railways to the end of steam travel in Britain in the 1960s.

juil. 22, 2003
Driving the Wheels of Industry
Season 1Episode 330 min

Driving the Wheels of Industry

Fred looks at the key role that was played by steam power in the extraordinary expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, and at the continued use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steelworks until well into the 20th century.

juil. 29, 2003
Steaming Down the Road
Season 1Episode 430 min

Steaming Down the Road

Fred traces the development of steam power. He looks at early experiments in its use for road transport, and at the development of the traction engine.

août 5, 2003
Steam on the Water
Season 1Episode 530 min

Steam on the Water

A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.

août 12, 2003
Steam in the Modern Age
Season 1Episode 630 min

Steam in the Modern Age

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations.

août 19, 2003

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