The Past at Work
tv show
8 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired March 25, 1980
Genres:
Overview
The birth and development of the Industrial Revolution is explored by visiting factories, mines, and other industrial relics where the modern world was made -- not by statesmen and philosophers, but by men, women and children with dirt on their hands.
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The Venice of England
Season 1 - Episode 6 - 0h 25m
Air Date
April 29, 1980
Overview
The development and improvement of the British canal system is summed up by the Birmingham Canal Navigation. Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice. Anthony Burton follows one of the important industrial routes of the BCN from Farmers Bridge in the city centre by canal through Dudley tunnel to the Black Country Museum.