Victorian Voyage, Part III - The Present

Episode 11 December 22, 2021 00:27:09
Victorian Voyage, Part III - The Present
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Victorian Voyage, Part III - The Present

Dec 22 2021 | 00:27:09

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Show Notes

In the third installment of our journey through Victorian architecture, we travel to the north and west of England to explore how new technologies - especially iron casting and glass manufacturing - led Industrial Era engineers to build entirely new types of buildings for an entirely new - and rapidly expanding - market.

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