DVDs covering the construction of dams, the operation of steel mills as well as steam traction engines, steam threshing and other steam-powered machines.
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Big Mill, The : steel in the West of Scotland (DVD) - National Library of Scotland
Ref: 223D
The four archive films in this collection all show aspects of Scottish steel-making in the 1960s and ’70s. Each of the films takes you into the heart of the factory to show the details of Scotland’s industrial past.
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Cruachan: the hollow mountain (DVD) - National Library of Scotland
Ref: 210D
Two archive films dealing with hydro-electric schemes in Scotland. First, from 1952-56, the construction of the Glen Moriston dam by the Mitchell Construction Co. The second film, Cruachan (1966), covers the construction of the ambitious pumped-storage hydro-electric scheme at Loch Awe, Argyll
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Farming with Steam (DVD) - Insight Films
Ref: 862D
This programme shows the impact on agriculture of steam in the 19th and early 20th century. It records in detail both portable engines and traction engines in action...
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£14.95
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Gardner: L. Gardner & Sons Ltd (Paperback) - Graham Edge
Ref: 659B
This book by historical transport expert Graham Edge is a comprehensive study of a Manchester company whose name became revered in over forty countries. It traces the story from the origins of the firm in 1868 until it ceased engine production almost 130 years later.
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Kings of Construction (8-DVD set) - Discovery Channel
Ref: 895D
Over 6½ hours of viewing on this 8-DVD set which tells the stories of some of the world’s most demanding building projects. These pioneering dreams require ambitious designs, vast amounts of money and nerves of steel as engineers, builders and architects attempt to deliver on time and to budget.
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£21.95
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Lincoln’s Excavators Part 1: the Ruston Years 1875-1930 (Hardback) - Peter Robinson
Ref: 603B
The first true excavator to be built by a British company was the Ruston-Dunbar Steam Navvy of 1875. This Lincoln company, with a succession of names under the broad title Ruston, continued excavator production until the 1930 merger with Bucyrus and beyond.
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£24.95
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Lincoln’s Excavators Part 2: the Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1930-1945 (Hardback) - Peter Robinson
Ref: 604B
The 1930 amalgamation of Ruston & Hornsby with the American Bucyrus Erie Co, under the name of Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd, created a company that was to become the largest manufacturer of cranes and excavators outside the United Sates. The Lincoln workforce of a few hundred grew to over 3,000 at the peak of the company’s activity.
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£29.95
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Lincoln’s Excavators Part 3: the Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1945-1970 (Hardback) - Peter Robinson
Ref: 605B
In the two decades after the Second World War the story of Ruston-Bucyrus was one of almost continual growth in the range and size of its products and in the size of the works and workforce.
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£34.95
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Lincoln’s Excavators: 3 book special offer (Hardback) - Peter Robinson
Ref: 916S
Set Offer: Lincoln’s Excavators, 3 books £79.95
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£79.95
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Romance of Engineering, A (DVD) : National Library of Scotland
Ref: 211D
This archive DVD comprises four films made for Scottish engineering companies. Men of Iron (c. 1947), A Romance of Engineering (1938), James Watt (1959), Story of a Steel Wire Rope (1946).
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Steam at Strumpshaw (DVD) - Brian Bell
Ref: 861D
Norfolk’s Strumpshaw steam museum is the venue for a rally held in wooded parkland each spring...
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£15.95
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Suffolk Steam Railways (Paperback) - David Kindred
Ref: 588B
The 200 photographs in this book reflect the diversity and importance that steam once had in East Anglia. For a hundred years it was the main carrier of people and freight, and a major employer, even though Suffolk was a mainly agricultural county with relatively few lines.
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£12.95
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Threshers and Threshing (DVD) - Country Films
Ref: 854D
In the glory days of threshing the equipment travelled from farm to farm with steam traction engine or tractor...
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Young in Heart: Scottish industry in action (DVD) - National Library of Scotland
Ref: 224D
The five archive films in this collection record a variety of enterprises from Scotland’s industrial and energy heritage. They range from 1958 to 1975.
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