How the Victorians Built Britain English Subtitles

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In the long reign of a single queen,

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Britain changed the world
and was itself utterly transformed.

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Queen Victoria came to the throne
in 1837.

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By the time she died in 1901,
we had built the modern world.

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It was a time of outstanding
engineering, remarkable innovation.

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All of it driven by ambitious
pioneers.

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It shapes the country we live
in today.

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Efficient and fast -

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When Queen Victoria first came
to the throne,

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Britain was in the grip
of a public health catastrophe.

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Polluted, overpopulated cities

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were ravaged by epidemics
like cholera and typhoid.

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Thousands of people were dying.

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The main cause was dirty water
and raw sewage.

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And it would take the ingenuity
of remarkable engineers

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to win the battle
for the health of the nation.

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In the long reign of a single queen,

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Britain changed the world
and was itself utterly transformed.

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Queen Victoria came to
the throne in 1837.

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By the time she died in 1901,

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we had built the modern world.

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It was a time of outstanding
engineering, remarkable innovation -

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all of it driven
by ambitious pioneers.

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It shapes the country
we live in today.

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Efficient and fast new transport

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At the start of
Queen Victoria's reign,

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the nation she inherited
stood on the brink of a revolution

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that would transform Britain
and the world.

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It was a revolution
built on machines

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and on a new idea
called mass manufacture.

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The Victorians invented
the concept of the factory,

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making goods on an industrial scale
and selling them across the globe.

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It would make Victorian Britain

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