Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam - Driving the Wheels of Industry

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam: Driving the Wheels of Industry

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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam: Episode 3: Driving the Wheels of Industry

Driving the Wheels of Industry

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Episode 3: Driving the Wheels of Industry

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Fred looks at the role played by steam power in the expansion of industrial Britain.

Steam history series. A look at the industrial expansion of the 18th century, and the use of steam engines in mills, collieries and steelworks.

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.

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Fred Dibnah travels cross-country to reveal how steam engines powered British industry.

Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.

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