How Trains Changed the World — Season 1, Episode 1: Power and Empire: The Great Arteries
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?
About How Trains Changed the World
The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.