Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station in a new six-part series.
Program One: The Early Pioneers
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.
Program Two: The Transport Revolution
How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
Program Three: Driving the Wheels of Industry
The 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.
Program Four: Steaming Down the Road
The 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.
Program Five: Steam on the Water
In the penultimate episode of the series tracing the history of steam power, the Lancastrian steeplejack follows the progression of steam ships from early paddle steamers to the use of steam turbines in modern vessels.
Program Six: Steam in the Modern Age
The 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.
Details
Format: PAL
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
Release Date: 12 Sep 2005
Run Time: 180 minutes
