Mine

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.

S1.E4 ∙ Mine

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Bernard Hill Guy Martin Charles Doble

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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.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Nov 10, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

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