Greatest Human Achievements: Industrial Technologies
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesSteam power and the Industrial Revolution led us into our modern age. Now, society relies on electricity to power our lives. Architects have built skyscrapers and invented the elevator and escalator to help navigate the height of these structures. They have also built up, around, and underneath natural barriers, even reclaiming land from the sea in the Netherlands with a series of dams and flood control.
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Runtime: 29 minutes 57 seconds
- Topic: Business, History, Science
- Subtopic: Industry, Inventions
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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- Release Year: 2013
- Producer/Distributor: New Dimension Media/Questar
- Series: Greatest Human Achievements
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