July 15, 2003 • 30m
A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.
July 22, 2003 • 30m
How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
July 29, 2003 • 30m
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power charts the role of steam in Britain’s 18th- and 19th-century indus...Read more
August 5, 2003 • 30m
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s continuing history of steam power looks at experiments in the use of steam for road transport that t...Read more
August 12, 2003 • 30m
A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels ...Read more
August 19, 2003 • 30m
The Lancastrian steeplejack’s history of steam power concludes with a look at today’s powerful steam turbines that generate electr...Read more