Seven wonders of the industrial world. Hoover Dam / written and directed by Mark Everest ; a BBC/TLC co-production ; series producer, Deborah Cadbury.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Everest, Mark, director.

Cadbury, Deborah, producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Learning Channel (Firm), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowe, Frank T., 1882-1946.

Crowe, Frank T.

River engineering--United States--History.

River engineering.

Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.).

Genre:

Historical reenactments (Television programs)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 minutes)

Other Title:

Hoover Dam

7 wonders of the industrial world

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

An encounter with the most brilliant pioneers of the industrial age. Recreating their stories of burning ambition, extravagant dreams, passion and rivalry as great minds clashed, this programme delves into the history of seven epic monuments spanning the industrial revolution. Using spectacular CGI, the seven stories that are revealed here are: the SS Great Eastern; the London sewer system; the Bell Rock Lighthouse; the US Transcontinental Railway; the Panama Canal; the Hoover Dam; and the Brooklyn Bridge. Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.

Participant:

Narrated by Robert Lindsay.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 06, 2019).

OCLC:

1096495740