Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone

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Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone: Changing the Landscape

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Changing the Landscape

BBC Two - Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone, Changing the Landscape

Fred's passion for the machines of the past helped raise public awareness.

Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's industrial heritage. A look at his fascination with the skills of road and rail engineers.

As Fred was growing up in Bolton, his house was surrounded by canals, railway lines, bridges and tunnels and he was always fascinated by the skills of the men who built them. The passion and enthusiasm he showed for great engineering projects throughout the ages, has helped to appreciate more fully the way in which so much of our landscape has been influenced by human activity.

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Celebration of the many sides of Fred Dibnah

Celebration of the many sides of Fred Dibnah - engineer, steeplejack, artist, craftsman, steam enthusiast and inventor.

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