Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World
(2022)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Scaling New Heights
Episode 6 - 3-21-2022
Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
7.4/10
Haven't Seen
Global Communications Breakthrough
Episode 5 - 3-14-2022
Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Birth of the Factory
Episode 4 - 3-07-2022
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A Subterranean Revolution
Episode 3 - 2-28-2022
1h 0m
The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
War on the Waves
Episode 2 - 2-21-2022
44m
Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
A Leisure Time Game Changer
Episode 1 - 2-14-2022
1h 0m
Examining a cliff in North Yorkshire that offered the public a new ride experience. Plus, the world's oldest operating roller-coaster, an astronomical observatory in California and a mining hoist in Germany.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 7.5/10 7.4/10 7.4/10 7.4/10 7.3/10
The Birth of the Factory
Episode 4 - 3-07-2022
A mill on the outskirts of Manchester was part of a dawning revolution in the way we work - the factory. A bridge in St. Louis, USA pioneered the use of steel - a construction material that would reshape our world. And a vast hangar in Brazil built to house the airships transformed passenger travel in the 20th century, but those giants of the sky owed a debt to an earlier age.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A Subterranean Revolution
Episode 3 - 2-28-2022
1h 0m
The industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Global Communications Breakthrough
Episode 5 - 3-14-2022
Examining the legacy of a cable hut in Cornwall, how a mountain railway in New Hampshire inspired its passengers and a lighthouse in France.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Scaling New Heights
Episode 6 - 3-21-2022
Examining the legacy of the first iron framed building (a mill in Shrewsbury), how paper production changed the world, and the impact of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
War on the Waves
Episode 2 - 2-21-2022
44m
Examining 'The Warrior', an ironclad warship on the south coast of England. Plus, a grand public works facility in Prague and the mint building in San Francisco.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
