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All Episodes of Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

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Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.

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Season 1

  • The Early Pioneers
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    The Early Pioneers

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2003

    A visit to Cornwall illuminates the early history of the steam engine in Britain, which was developed to pump water from the tin mines.

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  • The Transport Revolution
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    The Transport Revolution

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2003

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

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  • Driving the Wheels of Industry
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    Driving the Wheels of Industry

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/29/2003

    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.

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  • Steam down the Road
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    Steam down the Road

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2003

    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.

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  • Steam on the Water
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    Steam on the Water

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2003

    A look at how steam power revolutionised shipping, from the earliest paddle steamers with screw propellers to more modern vessels like the Royal Yacht Britannia.

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  • Steam and the Modern Age
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    Steam and the Modern Age

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/2003

    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.

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