Seven Wonders of the Industrial World - Season 1 Episode 6 The Line

Name: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 16 Oct 2003
Rating: 6.70
Cast: Robert Lindsay

2003-10-16 United Kingdom 50 minutes.

6.70 8 votes

Documentary industry construction social documentary world wonders

Episodes
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Sep 04, 2003

1 - 1

The Great Ship Sep 04, 2003
1 - 2

The Brooklyn Bridge Sep 11, 2003
1 - 3

The Bell Rock Lighthouse Sep 18, 2003
1 - 4

The Sewer King Sep 25, 2003
1 - 5

The Panama Canal Oct 02, 2003
1 - 6

The Line Oct 09, 2003
1 - 7

The Hoover Dam Oct 16, 2003

Overview

The episode follows the construction of the Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental rail system, which would unite the eastern and western seaboards of the United States. Started in Sacramento by a consortium of local shopkeepers with no experience in building a railroad, the episode follows their efforts to build from west to east through the forbidding Sierra Nevada mountains with the help of Chinese labourers whilst simultaneously following the efforts of the workers of the Union Pacific to build from east to west, and their problems in dealing with the lawless nature of the wild west, attacks by Native American raiding parties, and financial corruption and scandal.

Year 2003

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew Deborah Cadbury (Producer), Jill Fullerton-Smith (Executive Producer), Sara Kenney (Associate Producer), Steve Jablonsky (Original Music Composer), Jennifer Duffy (Casting), Carl Proctor (Casting)

Popularity 1.2737

Language French, English