Cornwall: The Birth of Steam

S1 E3: Tin and copper once made the area around Redruth the richest patch of land in the country. They also inspired great engineering feats and some pioneering tramways--the forebears of Britain's rail empire. Julia Bradbury has her work cut out as she crosses an entire country, winding past Cornwall's crumbling engine houses, following a railway that hasn't operated in 140 years.