Name: Smoke & Steel
Released: 2022-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Shini Somara

TV Show · Documentary · History

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.

2022 · 43m

Starring Shini Somara

EPISODE 1

Subterranean Revolution

A look at the Thames Tunnel, built in 1825 and designed by Marc Brunel. The tunnel was the first to be built under a river, a gigantic undertaking that had never previously succeeded, and cost six lives.
EPISODE 2

A Leisure Time Game Changer

A look at a cliff in England that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, a look at an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.
EPISODE 4

The Birth of the Factory

Explore the past history of how a mill in Manchester birthed a revolution in the world of work - the factory. Plus, the stories of a bridge in St Louis and a vast hangar in Brazil.
EPISODE 5

Global Communication Breakthrough

Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
EPISODE 6

Scaling New Heights

Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building, which is a mill in Shrewsbury, how paper production changed the world, as well as the impacts of the Trans-Siberian Railway.