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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

Episode 6: Steam and the Modern Age

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

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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. Show more

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