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Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World
2022 7.0 (1 votes) 1 Seasons
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Documentary

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

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.

Top Cast

Shini Somara
Shini Somara

Self - Presenter

Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

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6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Leisure Time Game Changer
2022-02-14

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.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 2: War on the Waves
2022-02-21

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.

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Episode 3: A Subterranean Revolution
2022-02-28

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

Runtime: 56 min
Episode 4: The Birth of the Factory
2022-03-07

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.

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Episode 5: Global Communications Breakthrough
2022-03-14

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

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Episode 6: Scaling New Heights
2022-03-21

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.

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