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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam Season 1, Episode 4: Steam down the Road

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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. Watch Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam Season 1, Episode 4 Steam down the Road in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam Season 1, Episode 4 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

6 episodes
Season 1
1

The Early Pioneers

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

30 min
2

The Transport Revolution

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

30 min
3

Driving the Wheels of Industry

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.

30 min
4

Steam down the Road

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.

30 min
5

Steam on the Water

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.

30 min
6

Steam and the Modern Age

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.

30 min