Dan Snow's History Of Railways

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June 2016
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Global Rail Empire - In just fifty years, Britain's railways had grown from a handful of small lines carrying coal, to the biggest industry in the strongest nation on the planet. A nation had built the railways; now those railways would build a nation - influencing working conditions for its employees, proving a valuable e...
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Full Steam Ahead - In the late 1830's the railways arrived in London and linked the capital to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. This was the start of a truly national network - and one of the greatest civil engineering projects in history. The spread of the railways triggered a mania across Britain with many winners a...
July 2015
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Gathering Momentum - In 19th century Britain there was an eruption of engineering enterprise and financial ambition that gives the pyramids a run for their money as one of the most ambitious construction projects ever attempted. In this fascinating three part series Dan Snow reveals how the making of the British railway ne...
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