Summary Guy Martin works on a machine that can be credited with helping to kick-start the Industrial Revolution. Joining a team from the Black Country Living Museum, he helps to restore a Newcomen engine - an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines. As the rotting timber structure is replaced, worn parts repaired, the boiler cleaned and crumbling brickwork rebuilt, the presenter also learns about the lives of the men, women and children who mined coal.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Bernard Hill Guy Martin Charles Doble
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 10, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Summary Guy Martin works on a machine that can be credited with helping to kick-start the Industrial Revolution. Joining a team from the Black Country Living Museum, he helps to restore a Newcomen engine - an 18th-century steam-powered device used principally to pump water out of mines. As the rotting timber structure is replaced, worn parts repaired, the boiler cleaned and crumbling brickwork rebuilt, the presenter also learns about the lives of the men, women and children who mined coal.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 10, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English