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Season 3 – Industrial Revelations

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Revealing the connection between related industrial advances.
Industrial Revelations — Season 3

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 5, 2005 European Story: Reaping the Whirlwind The Dutch used the power of the wind to save them from the waves, and to power their shipbuilding business to make them masters of the seas. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 12, 2005 European Story: The Canal King Roland retraces Pierre-Paul Riquet's steps and reveals the ground-breaking construction that links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 26, 2005 The European Story: Hot Metal The rise of the printing presses became an industrial process due to Plantin and Moretus in Antwerp and with the German steam press. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 26, 2005 The European Story: The Impossible Railway The German Maffei won a locomotive competition in Austria for an engine to run on the adventurous Semmering railway line, a civil engineering spectacular over the Alps. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 1, 2005 Espionage; Cockerill Having `spied' in the UK textile industry, William Cockerill brought the newly-invented steam engine to the continent to power textile machines in the early 19th century. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 1, 2005 Steam on the Water One of Scotland's last coal and steam-driven Clyde puffers. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 2, 2005 European Story: Iron Men of Sweden With the right ingredients, wood, iron ore, limestone, and the industry, Sweden was producing high-quality cast iron for Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 2, 2005 The European Story: King Silk Jacquard's loom in 1805 was the first automated machine, exploding the French silk industry by making detailed patterns easier to make. Details

Season Info

Executive Producer
Chris Lethbridge
Network
Discovery Channel
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 5, 2005