Great American Railroad Journeys - Season 1 Episode 10 Wilmington to Havre de Grace
Michael reaches a milestone on his American journey: the boundary between the northern and southern states, known as the Mason-Dixon line. He discovers the origins of what became for black Americans the border between slavery and freedom, in an 18th-century English dispute over land. On the Wilmington and Western Railroad, Michael meets the passenger train Phoebe Snow, created by the railroads at the turn of the 20th century to reassure passengers that clean burning coal wouldn't make their clothes dirty. Michael uncovers the explosive history of gunpowder production in Delaware, begun by a Frenchman, whose chateau still stands. He then takes a boat trip up the Susquehanna River following the route taken by one of the first English settlers, John Smith.
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Two
Director:
Cast: Michael Portillo
First Air Date: Feb 01, 2016
Last Air date: Mar 28, 2020
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 75 Episode
Runtime: 29 minutes
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 4.748
Language: English
Episode
Manhattan: Grand Central to Broadway
Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center
Brooklyn to Montauk
New York City to Garrison
Poughkeepsie to Albany
Schenectady to Rochester
Buffalo to Niagara Falls
Philadelphia to Atlantic City
Lancaster to Gettysburg
Wilmington to Havre de Grace
Baltimore to Fort McHenry
Washington DC
Georgetown to Mount Vernon
Manassas to Richmond
Petersburg to Jamestown