
Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.0
Released
2/14/2022
Duration
0h 0m
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States
Cast
Shini Somara
Overview
Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build.

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.0Released
2/14/2022
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Shini Somara
Duration
0h 0m
Country
United States
Overview
Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableA Leisure Time Game Changer
Examining a cliff in North Yorkshire that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, the world's oldest operating roller-coaster, an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.

A Leisure Time Game Changer
Examining a cliff in North Yorkshire that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, the world's oldest operating roller-coaster, an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.
EP 2AvailableWar on the Waves
Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.

War on the Waves
Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.
EP 3AvailableA Subterranean Revolution
The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.

A Subterranean Revolution
The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
EP 4AvailableThe Birth of the Factory
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.

The Birth of the Factory
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.
EP 5AvailableGlobal Communications Breakthrough
Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.

Global Communications Breakthrough
Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
EP 6AvailableScaling New Heights
Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Scaling New Heights
Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Cast

Self - Presenter









