American Construction Worker Reacts "Fred Dibnah's Made In Britain - Episode 5 - Water And Boilers"
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As a Scotsman I'll vouch for the hospitality of the Northerners of England. True salt of the earth people who'd give the shirt off their back to help someone in need. Real kindred spirits of the Scots
They're great people, they're practically Scots like us anyway!.
Well you did get down to Derby. before the King paid you off .Don't think for a minute the people were against you .More like they supported your Army .Do you want to do it again? .I'll put the pan on and butter the Saunies. Kettle will be on .
yeah we love scotland,,,@@maxmoore9955
Scott Irish too president s
It's called Northern Hospitality. It's easier to help than hinder .Everyone in Britain loved Fred Dibnah he became a Working Class hero .
Aye, he was a mad lad indeed, bloody legend.
It would seem Fred was referring to the Medina County Fair tragedy of July 29, 2001.
From an article I found: _Five people were killed as the result of the explosion of a Case 110 steam traction engine in Medina, Ohio on July 29. The engine was being moved to the Medina County Fairgrounds, in preparation for the Medina County Fair, which was scheduled to begin the following day. The blast sprayed hot water and iron shrapnel as far as 100 yards away, according to the Associated Press._
The Victorians were amazing engineers. I love how much of it has been saved and restored for people to see and future generations to Learn from.
Still find it fascinating stuff.
@scottneil1187 That's because it was. It was a Fantastic step into Engineering and Science. I just love the Ideas that developed.
The support for eachother is very British. I think it's because of the world wars, particularly WWII. We had to all come together and support eachother or we would have gone under and so it's ingrained in the national consciousness.
When covid hit, communities across the country really came together and supported the old, disabled and isolated. It was really beautiful to see.
We learn about the industrial revolution in school over here in junior school, its part of the national curriculum, because its such a huge part of our country's history and development, and we used to get taught about cam shafts and make them in secondary school (dont know if that still happens though).
Sheffielder here. Look fwd to the next episode. Anything that happens outside the front of my house is my business. Helped a lot of strangers with their cars over the years. Immigrants are mind blown by our hospitality. We've an Umbrian Celtic culture in the north. Just a few miles to the south of here & it's Saxon culture. I don't think their culture is as selfless & friendly as ours.
Its well worth checking out some coverage of Freds funeral the streets were crammed with people.
Steam power is very simple.
When you boil a pan of water, with the lid on.
The lid will jump about slightly.
That is steam power in action! 😊
Fred Dibnah is a national treasure. My Dad was a crane engineer and Fred was one of his all time heroes ❤️
Great to see u grow to love fred. He was some boy for sure. Large character, massive brain and even bigger balls. Keep it up lads 👍
The transporter bridge is a lot of fun to ride on. We took the car across just because we were in the area, even though it was in the wrong direction! And yes, Fred had been on tv in the 70s with the steeple jacking and then later on travelled around and did the industrial heritage type series, so he was well known by this time, especially to the older generations.
The boiler explosion Fred refers to was on 29th July 2001 in Medina County in Ohio. The accident report later released states that the crown sheet of the firebox in a traction engine boiler collapsed because it had been weakened by corrosion. The incident occured when the engine was driven onto the fair grounds, the crown sheet ruptured, causing the water in the boiler to suddenly convert to steam in a catastrophic release. The boiler was blown upwards and the fire and the fire grate were blown in all directions, killing and injuring several people.
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. I think Fred first came to prominence from a single BBC Doc. About the steeplejacking in the mid to late 70s. The country fell in love with the no nonsense, shoot from the hip Lancastrian.
I visited the British Steel works in Stoke on Trent once where they make railway tracks, it was simply incredible, the track starts out as a lump of steel about 12 feet wide, then after going through an extensive set of rollers it turns into a 75 foot long section of track, when they open the furnace doors where the steel is heated up the heat is insane, we were stood about 30 feet away and it still singed my eyebrows!
Sheffield is just up the Road from me .its Famous for its steel making and its Cutlery. The Bowey Knife was made in Sheffield then exported to America and then sharpened in America to save on Tax .
Man, you guys are going into so much depth of British culture and history that when you eventually get over here you are going to need weeks of time to see all you need to. Sure you need to do the tourist things, but you also need to spend time enough to get to know people, and also to see some industrial heritage that your dives into Fred Dibnah’s world demands. There’s so much here that you guys would be interested to see. Then there’s the military history stuff too, from HMS Victory right through to the WWII stuff, like the Duxford air museum and the D-day museum in Portsmouth. I don’t know how you’ll fit it all in!
I live about 17 miles from the pumping station in Ryhope and have passed it many times but I've yet to actually see it's interior. So thanks for uploading lads.
If it had been both of you instead of Fred and his mate and there was no camera crew, you would have still got offered a cup of tea and someone may have gone and got you some coal (but you would probably have to pay for it).
A while back here in the UK, I had some locals talking about starting a local "heritage steam railway" from scratch, on a completely empty site. Where every trace of an old steam railway has been removed. People today have no idea about how much work is involved in maintaining and running a steam railway. I told them it was a total fantasy, and that they shouldn't even think about it unless they already had at least £1m in the bank. Most operating heritage railways only keep one or two steam locomotives in running condition because of the cost. It's very much easier and cheaper to use a diesel shunter (switcher) most of the time.
On July 29, 2001, a 1918 110HP traction engine was being taken to the Medina County Fairgrounds in Ohio, USA. Suddenly, the engine exploded and killed a total of five people as well as injuring over fifty more.
Frd Dibnah's Filmography...
Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack (1979)
Fred (1982)
Fred - A Disappearing World (1983)
A Year with Fred (1987)
A Year with Fred - New Horizons (1991)
Fred Dibnah - Getting Steamed Up (1991)
Life With Fred (1994)
Fred Dibnah's The Ups and Downs of Chimneys (1994)
Fred Dibnah's All Steamed Up (1994)
Fred Dibnah Getting Steam Up (1995)
The Fred Dibnah Story (1996)
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age (1999)
Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments (2000)
Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes (2001)
Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain (2002)
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam (2003)
Dig with Dibnah (2004)
A Tribute to Fred Dibnah (2004)
Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain (2005)
Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone (2006)
There are two basic forms of reciprocating steam engine... Low and high-pressure. All the early, static engines built by Thomas Newcomen and James Watt were low-pressure engines, while later locomotives and traction engines like Fred's were high-pressure engines.
In low-pressure engines, steam from a boiler is drawn into a cylinder at atmospheric pressure through a valve. Once the cylinder is filled with steam the valve is closed and the steam is then condensed back into water. As it does so, it forms a partial vacuum inside the cylinder, and the outside air pressure pushes the piston down. At the bottom of the piston's stroke the steam valve opens again and either a counterweight on the other end of the beam pulls the piston back up the cylinder, drawing fresh steam into it, and the cycle starts again. There are some fundamental differences between the Newcomen and Watt engines that would take too long to explain here, but that's the basic principle of both.
In a basic single-acting, high-pressure engine, steam is brought up to the required pressure in the boiler and is then injected into the cylinder at the top of the piston's stroke. This forces the piston down to turn a crank/flywheel. At the bottom of the stroke, the inlet valve closes and an exhaust valve opens. The piston travels back up the cylinder and pushes the spent steam out. This is the "exhaust stroke". The cycle then begins again. Again, there are more complex "double-acting" engines in which live steam acts on both sides of the piston, and so-called "compound engines" that reuse the exhausted steam multiple times to maximise efficiency, but that's the basics of how they work.
The Top of Wincobank still has the remnant of an Iron age hill fort. When the Romans came through this area they set up a military camp down in the Don Valley where theres a number of rivers, they did this so they could keep an eye on the brits in the hill fort but were slightly protected by the rivers, this area is called Templeborough, they found some parts of some big building and moved them to Clifton park when they expanded the steel works in Rotherham, which but up to Sheffield around here.
I’ve been really enjoying your reactions to this series but this is my absolute favourite episode as the water stop at 25 minutes in is on the street where I live. I wish I’d happened to be there that day and had the opportunity to meet the legend Fred himself.
There is a song that celebrates the legendary hospitality of North Eastern (england) folks it's called 'The Land of Three Rivers' an will be available soewhere on CZcams. the Transporter bridge some miles away can be seen over the roof tops from the street I live in.
Glad you finally reached this episode and spotted your ‘Road sign’ - which I hoped you would notice. 👍
Fred continues to be introduced to ever new generations, with regular repeats of his TV Series, courtesy of the BBC, during his life and now, long after his death. His TV series, including this one, are being broadcast at present on BBC4 in the U.K.
Many hands make light work, or at least doable work with real muscle fatigue by the end of the shift.
We use the word "boiler" also where you would say "water heater". So there are still boilers being made, for central heating and so that hot water comes out of taps, just not so much as steam engines for anything else. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, people had coal boilers for water, with sacks of coal being delivered around the streets of every town every day by horse cart. The house I grew up in had a coal cellar in it, which had been converted into a fuel-oil tank for an oil-burning boiler, before we changed to an electric one in the 1980s. Then when we had the oil tank cut apart and removed, we discovered several sacks worth of coal underneath it that that had to be dug out and sold so we could clean the space and turn it into a usable room.
My grandfather was a boiler maker. Hard as nails and smart as hell regardless of having no formal education.
Fred was very well known before this series as it was his last. But in the north Fred was a living legend at that time.
Love this journey.. i have memorys of watching this as a kid with my grandad but the details faded over time but seeing it again as a adult is brilliant
This was Fred’s last series. The first programme was in 1979 and there were a couple of series that followed him in his work before he moved onto presenting series on historical Britain & very good he was at it too
Fred was almost universally known across the UK
I was given a Mamod model steam roller in the early I970s. Great for understanding how steam power works.
There was a boiler maker near my parents house. I once got stuck behind one being taken out. I think it was a 9 point turn it needed to turn left out of the works. The truck had 8 wheels and the trailer 48.
When Daniel was going what what what what made me laugh as it was a Scottish inventor called Watt whose steam engine contributed to the Industrial revolution
This series was Freds swan song. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you need to find the series which deals with his house and workshop/mine.
19:06 - According to Wikipedia, on 29/7/2001 an antique steam tractor exploded in the Medina County Fair Ground killing 5 people and injuring about 40 others. There have been far worse boiler explosions in the USA though. For example on 3/10/1962 a stationary power boiler in the New York Telephone Company building, exploded killing 23 and injuring 94 and on 20/3/1905 the Grover Shoe Factory's boiler in Brockton, Massachusetts exploded killing 58 and injuring 150!!!
Idle, near Bradford, where the boiler works are that Fred visits, has The Idle Working Men's Club, I kid you not 😂
thats where i was born have travelled on the transopter bridge many a time must do when you come to england
I took my car across the Transporter bridge a couple of years ago, great fun
oh there has always been people sent to get long stands, airhooks, and tartan paint, also the glass hammers.
Also, the info you want on that boiler accident, The Steam Explosion That Destroyed a Fair 🚂 The 2001 Tragedy in Medina County 🚂 History in the Dark . this is the title of the youtube vid i found about it.
Fred Dibnah had done a lot of steeplejacking around the north, as more and more steeplejack companies raised thier prices due to extra health and safety regulations coming into place as well as minimum wages etc, he would drop a price that while good enough for himself and his helping hands, and not to make shareholders money, this got him reknown for not only giving a great price, but also for being one of the few surviving traditional steeplejacks.
I think the explosion in America refers to a tragedy at a steam fair in Medina County Ohio in 2001. I may be wrong tho…
People like Fred and the others who helped are still in Britain. Sadly they are not on tv because they don't fit the image of modem day tv.
Its steams expansive qualities that make it different. For example compressed air is not a substitute.
I love you guy.. Real. 'down to earth' guys.. I think you guys should have been in Scotland or Yorkshire 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Not sure if you watched it but the original 1979 program is just called Fred Dibnah steeplejack, it was a one off 50 minute program and started the whole thing off . Created a legend !
I think they've reacted to parts of it
Fred died before this series aired. He was already a national treasure, and I remember when he died, it was the talk of everyone for two or three days.
This series aired the following year, and there was great anticipation leading up to it.
Regarding the hospitality, it's probably more prevalent in blue collar towns, as everyone there knows how hard people still have to work in manual labour jobs.
About 3 years back, the domestic gas ( not gasoline!) system needed replacing in my town. They spent 3 days on my road digging the road and people's gardens to do the work. I was out every day with a tray of tea and coffee mugs and a couple of packets of cookies.
It just seemed the right thing for me to do.
When the guys left, they repaired the road, and backfilled the soil into the trenches across the lawns, leaving an earthy scar on everyone's garden. Everyone, that is, except mine. My trench was filled and turfed, and within a few weeks, was perfect.
Just before they moved onto a new road, the supervisor came to see me about what the guys had done and asked me to tell anyone who asked that I'd bought the turf from a garden suppliers and laid it after they had filled the trench. He explained that if everyone knew what had happened, it would cause no end of complaints, and his bosses would give him hell.
I didn't expect anything back, so it reinforced my faith in human nature ☺️
Loving these guys!
You have similar pumps but of a smaller size all over your oil fields the Nodding donkey pump. They are not powered by steam but the way they work is the same.
As Thomas Sowell said, in order to be successful - young folk should learn a trade that people are willing to pay for'
Steam engines work as when water turns from liquid to a gas it increases in volume massively, so that's the equivalent of the explosions in a petrol engine which moves the pistons, steam is also invisible, so when most people see any kind of steam engine it's common to point at the white cloud emerging from the chimney and call it steam, but that's just water vapour aka wet steam. If you look at the spout of a boiling kettle you'll notice the water vapour appearing maybe 1/16th of an inch above the spout, well the invisible band between the spout and the visible water vapour is steam.
Middlesbrough where that bridge was used to be a shipbuilding town and I guess bridge building and shipbuilding are pretty similar ..... it's mainly about riveting big pieces of iron and steel together
Guys . I don't Know if you have or not seen. The early Fred series when he was young .Burning Telegraph poles to drop MASSIVE CHIMNEYS ?
hospitality is still the same in the uk
I served my apprenticeship at Smiths Dock Shipyard in Teesside.
BTW the town is called Middlesbrough and not Middlesborough as they spelt it on the video.
Laid up on the couch but not hung over Spencer. Sunday Dibnah treat 😊
Your comment about how you are probably not allowed to play with the levers like Fred can. I would wager that if you went to visit because you saw it on Fred's show and wanted to see it up close, they would let you 'play' with it, whith supervision obviously. lol.
I've mentioned a couple of times that I live close to where fred lived and just in the local area there's still a few steam engines you can go and visit. Most of our school trips were to old coal mines and steam engines and pumping stations. lol. They used to let us start and stop them as children (11-15year old) with supervision so I'm pretty sure they'd let some visitors have a go, especially if you put £10 in the donation box. lol.,
About a boiler blowing up. The one I know of was from the early 1900s, I think it was a railway company opening a new rail track. As a stunt they crashed 2 steam trains into each other, head to head. As you might have guessed it killed a good number of people and injured many more.
Most of the people from the North are very friendly. There are countless little towns a villages all over, the people are friendly because they live in such a small community. So when strangers we just treat as we would any other person from our town. The further South you go the more bigger cities there are and the 'helpful neighbour' mentally drops away.
If you listen to Fred's accent you'll hear that it's slow and deliberate with heavy emphasis on certain vowels. Thats because of the amount of factories that were around and almost everyone was employed in them. The machines were almost deafening and the only way to communicate over the sound of the machines was to speak slow and with exaggerated mouth movements so it was easy for your work friends to lip read. That's why we all speak like that in these parts. lol. Haha
A little bit of fun fact. My home town, Bacup, was voted as the best preserved 'mill town' in England.
11:55 - I don't know why they are calling it the biggest. The one in Newport (South Wales) is older and bigger.
I thought they took them up to the top too Spencer ha,whats worse is,I'm English,never seen it operational before though
Sure you could find a great vid about steam power to react to, it's pretty cool if you understand it, simple stuff but damn powerful!. that incident he's talking about was kinda a big deal in the US when it happened if I remember, another vid for you!. Someone here will know it.
Bit of American technology to the "coal rescue"
Talking of moving heavy stuff, there's been lots of speculation over the years about how they moved the stones for Stonehenge, as they were huge and they know some came from far away, but it's always been thought by archaeologists that our ancient ancestors moved heavy objects using logs, but during filming of a documentary on the Scottish Isle of Orkney many years ago they were trying to recreate moving a heavy object with logs, and found it actually very difficult, especially over rough ground, when a local on the island approached the archaeologists to show them a technique his ancestors had always used, which was using seaweed, and one type especially which comes in long thick ribbons, so they tried the technique, and it worked better than the logs, making many of them rethink what they'd always believed for many years, coincidentally this very island is thought to have been by many archaeologists as the engineering mecca of the day, and it's even thought that experts in the field would have travelled down from Orkney to help mastermind the creation of Stonehenge.
And just because I think Daniel will like this, they still speculate about how they got the top stones in place at Stonehenge without any kind of crane, my favourite theory is they dug holes in the ground, slid the upright stones into the holes, then slid the horizontal top stones over the uprights, then dug the earth away, which is kind of similar (in a round about way) to how they had to build half that building, get the 22 tonne beams in, then build the roof over it.
I think they would have done the work in winter when farming was not possible and manpower was available. They would have made tracks of ice and slid the stones
@@redf7209 Back in the sub-Boreal period it was a little warmer and drier than today so they might not have had much, if any snow/ice to use, I know up in the highlands near where I live here in Wales there are lots of remains of ancient dwellings up in the now largely inhospitable marshland areas, which always confused me as I'm an avid hiker, but when I learnt the climate was warmer back then it made more sense.
@@markjones127 Stonehenge is dated very very roughly to 2300 bce. As far as i can see this was designated a cold peak but also accentuated by a very short period of cold that they think was caused by something clouding the atmosphere such as dust from an asteroid or comet impact. The timings are so rough but even if they had temperatures of 6o yrs ago they had a good chance of icy winters on at least higher ground.
Think of steam like numatics on an 18 wheeler (totally spelt that wrong)
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Have you both looked into your family history? 😊
Did Spencer just say they "would be the testes"?! 😂😉
Next episode The Full Monty ?
Been born 🤣
22 metric tons, 22000kg
Times it by 2.2 to get 48400lbs
Ie, American tonnes/tons
1horse power converted to American horse power is
1hp, uk x 1 = 1hp, USA 😄
Also a British gallon is approximately 4.5L
A US gallon is just over 3.8L if I'm correct
I'm a fabricator/welder
I run my own welding business
I can confirm too we work in, inchimetres
6" long by 200mm wide
It's sad that modern day kid's don't want to work and master traditional skills, dislike getting their hands dirty and avoid doing hard manual work, all those things were necessary and bought respect in previous generations, i guess that is a big part of the reason why the world is so dysfunctional now and we miss past legends like Fred D.
Try to get hold of the series MIND YOUR LANGUAGE , and LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR .