Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World — Season 1, Episode 4: The Birth of the Factory
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.
About Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World
Documentary series 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.