Full Steam Ahead
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- Episode
- Full Steam Ahead - Ep3
- Broadcast Info
- 2016 (59 mins)
- Description
- It’s Full Steam Ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created modern Britain.
This week the team find out how the railways transformed the British diet, rescuing a nation that was struggling to feed itself. Putting theory into practice Alex and Peter load a flock of sheep onto a train, discovering how the mass transportation of livestock by rail transformed the quality and quantity of meat available to Victorian consumers.
Ruth follows in the footsteps of Britain’s ‘herring girls’, revealing how the North Yorkshire Moors Railway revived the fortunes of Whitby, turning it into a thriving fishing town, supplying the country’s kippers.
Alex looks at how pioneering farmers, attempted to use steam power to increase production, getting to grips with the latest steam ploughing technology. - Genre
- Arts; History; Design; Engineering; Technology; Social Science
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The Open University, "Full Steam Ahead". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/225991 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)