Explorations: Iron Horse: The Steam Engine and Industrialization

Duration: 3 mins 52 secs
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Description: Background to Channel 4 film series 'The Day the World Took Off', 2000. Thanks to Windfall films.

Simon Schaffer in York Rail Museum talks to the camera about the relationship between the steam engine and industrialization and what steam meant. A regular supply of moving power for workshops and factories.
 
Created: 2018-03-07 17:27
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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