Fred Dibnah's Age Of Steam: Season 1 (2003) (2003)

Fred Dibnah shares his passion for steam as he traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments to the modern nuclear power plant which relies on the principle of the expansion of steam. As he does he unearths the best of our steam heritage and meets some of his fellow enthusiasts who devote their lives to finding, restoring, preserving and operating steam engines of all sorts of shapes and sizes.


Seen it: Yes 30 mins 7/15/2003 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.
Seen it: Yes 30 mins 7/22/2003 2. The Transport Revolution
	How the advent of steam power radically changed the way people travelled.
Seen it: Yes 30 mins 7/29/2003 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.
Seen it: Yes 30 mins 8/5/2003 4. Steaming 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.
Seen it: Yes 30 mins 8/12/2003 5. Steam on the Water
	In the penultimate episode of the series tracing the history of steam power, the Lancastrian steeplejack follows the progression of steam ships from early paddle steamers to the use of steam turbines in modern vessels.
Seen it: Yes 30 mins 8/19/2003 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.