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Industrial Revelations

Season 4 · Episode 4

Cotton, Linen and Rope

0.030mJanuary 1, 2006

For centuries craftsmen and women turned natural fibres into clothes. Ronald Topp explores what happened when machines began to replace manual labour.

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Episodes

Episode 1Bread, Beer and Salt
Episode 2Building Europe
Episode 3The City
Episode 4Cotton, Linen and Rope
Episode 5Eiffel's Tower
Episode 6Exploding Engines
Episode 7High Fliers
Episode 8Perfect Porcelain
Episode 9Steaming up the Alps
Episode 10Swedish Waterways

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Industrial Revelations

Season 4 · Episode 4

Cotton, Linen and Rope

0.030mJanuary 1, 2006

For centuries craftsmen and women turned natural fibres into clothes. Ronald Topp explores what happened when machines began to replace manual labour.

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Episodes

Episode 1Bread, Beer and Salt
Episode 2Building Europe
Episode 3The City
Episode 4Cotton, Linen and Rope
Episode 5Eiffel's Tower
Episode 6Exploding Engines
Episode 7High Fliers
Episode 8Perfect Porcelain
Episode 9Steaming up the Alps
Episode 10Swedish Waterways