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Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World

2022•45m•7.0/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.0/10(1)

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.

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Production

Like A Shot Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 14, 2022

Last Aired

March 21, 2022

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
A Leisure Time Game Changer
Air date: 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.
E2
War on the Waves
Air date: 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.
E3
A Subterranean Revolution
Air date: 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.
E4
The Birth of the Factory
Air date: 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.
E5
Global Communications Breakthrough
Air date: 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.
E6
Scaling New Heights
Air date: 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.

Cast

Shini Somara

Shini Somara

Self - Presenter

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