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The Source of Iron

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Last broadcast on Sun, 7 Dec 2008, 13:00 on BBC Two.

Synopsis

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, visiting ancient iron foundries, industrial sites and little workshops. 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 at Egremont and the Workington Steel Works.

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Fred Dibnah

Broadcast

  1. Sun 7 Dec 2008
    13:00
    BBC Two

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Episode 3 of 12 from

  1. Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain

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