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Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.0
Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

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.

Episodes

A Leisure Time Game ChangerEP 1Available

A Leisure Time Game Changer

48m0.0

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.

War on the WavesEP 2Available

War on the Waves

0m0.0

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.

A Subterranean RevolutionEP 3Available

A Subterranean Revolution

56m0.0

The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.

The Birth of the FactoryEP 4Available

The Birth of the Factory

0m0.0

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.

Global Communications BreakthroughEP 5Available

Global Communications Breakthrough

0m0.0

Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.

Scaling New HeightsEP 6Available

Scaling New Heights

0m0.0

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

Shini Somara

Self - Presenter

Shini Somara

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