Explorations: Iron Horse: What made Stephenson's rocket special?

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Description: Background to Channel 4 'The Day the World Took Off', shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.

In conversation with a curator at the Rail Museum at York, Simon Schaffer discusses what made Stephenson's Rocket special for us. What George Stephenson did with his steam engine.
 
Created: 2018-03-08 16:12
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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