Season 1 (2003)

The Early Pioneers
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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.

The Transport Revolution
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July 22, 2003 • 30m

How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.

Driving the Wheels of Industry
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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

Steam down the Road
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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

Steam on the Water
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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

Steam and the Modern Age
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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