Great American Railroad Journeys - Season 1 Episode 6 Schenectady to Rochester
Michael heads west through New York State. He has a lightbulb moment in Schenectady, when he discovers how Thomas Edison's General Electric Company also leads the way in modern rail technology. In Utica, he investigates Lock 20 of 57 along the early 19th-century Erie Canal - 325 miles of waterway which connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Coast via the Hudson River. A yellow brick road beckons Michael to Chittenango, where a Kansas farm girl introduces him to a lion, and a tin man. On a hillside near Palmyra, Michael finds out about a farm boy, Joseph Smith, and his Book of Mormon, from one of the 15 million believers who follow his religion today. Further west in Rochester, Michael discovers the story behind another famous 19th-century name still trading today: George Eastman, who launched mass market photography with his Eastman Kodak company.
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