Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain
Documentary series in which Fred Dibnah travels around Britain in his restored traction engine in search of engineering skills and technology from a bygone age
Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Castings
Fred and his steersman Alf travel up to Scotland where they marvel at the ingenuity of the Falkirk wheel and visit one of the region's few surviving traditional iron works.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Chains and Copper
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred watches the skills of an authentic chain maker.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Collecting the Coal
Documentary series. Fred visits an open cast mine near Wigan to get coal to power his engine, then goes to Astley Green Mining Museum in Lancashire.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Engines at Work
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred visits a pumping station with a triple expansion engine.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Mechanics and Riveters
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills from a bygone age. Fred visits a company that makes ornate carvings.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Pattern Making
Documentary series. Fred Dibnah searches Britain for technology from a bygone age. He visits David Ragsdale, a skilled pattern maker who owns six steam engines.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - The Passion of a Lifetime
The late Fred Dibnah searches for technology from a bygone age. In this first episode, he demolishes his last ever chimney at a textile mill near Oldham.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - The Road to Steel City
Fred Dibnah travels Britain in a traction engine in search of engineering skills and technology from a bygone age. He visits a forge in Sheffield.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - The Source of Iron
Fred reaches Cumbria where iron ore was once mined on a large scale, and enjoys the Lake District on a friend's steam boat. It's then on to the Florence Mine.
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Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Water and Boilers
Fred Dibnah searches Britain for technology from a bygone age. He visits Ryhope pumping station in Sunderland and the Israel Newton boiler works in Bradford.
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