Episode number 5 of Series “Out of the fiery furnace”.
The ever expanding American iron and steel industry spawns the railroads that help to reunify a country riven by civil war. In the aftermath of the Chicago fire on 1871, the industry creates the steel-framed skycraper. The discovery of vast reserves of oil, and the advent of mass production, mark the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
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ACMI Identifier
508022
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - United States
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Skyscrapers
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Metallurgy - History
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → Metallurgy - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Metallurgy - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Metals
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Metals - History
Television → Television series
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)