Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

TV Show (2003 - 2004)

Robert Lindsay narrates the drama-documentary series which tells the story of how key monuments of Britain's industrial world were made

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 7: The Hoover Dam

    The construction of the Hoover Dam, originally the brainchild of Arthur Powell Davis who dreamed of taming the Colorado River. After 20 years of legal wrangling, ruthless engineer Frank Crowe won the contract to build the dam, which took 13 years to finish - with the loss of more than 100 lives

  • Season 1 Episode 6: The Line

    Robert Lindsay tells the story of the construction of America's 19th-century transcontinental railway, funded by competing corporate giants, the Union Pacific Company and the Central Pacific Company. The conflicting workforces fought through both natural and human disasters to link the east and west coasts, and the result was the catalyst for the vast expansion that ensured the USA's industrial pre-eminence

  • Season 1 Episode 5: The Panama Canal

    French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps' attempt to build a canal across Panama in 1880. After environmental hazards and disease claimed 20,000 lives, the plan collapsed in scandal and shame. However, the need for such a route became clear during America's war with Spain, and the completion of the canal in 1914 helped salvage the reputation of de Lesseps and his son

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