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This programme looks at two aspects of water supply - namely the provision of abundant quantities of clean water and the consequences of that water being available. The building of Thirlmere Dam in... the English Lake District in the early 1890's was at the same time an engineering triumph, an early environmental disaster which helped launch The National Trust, and for the citizens of Manchester, a godsend, bringing flush lavatories, clean drinking water, public swimming baths and public wash houses. Another consequence of clean water was the rise of the soap industry, for personal and clothes washing, and the advertising race for a whiter wash. The programme includes rare archive film of the building of Haweswater Dam, early soap manufacture and early cinema advertising of soap, as well as a propaganda sequence to encourage Scotland to emulate the huge water scheme at the Tennesse Valley Authority.
This programme looks at two aspects of water supply - namely the provision of abundant quantities of clean water and the consequences of that water being available. The building of Thirlmere Dam in... the English Lake District in the early 1890's was at the same time an engineering triumph, an early environmental disaster which helped launch The National Trust, and for the citizens of Manchester, a godsend, bringing flush lavatories, clean drinking water, public swimming baths and public wash houses. Another consequence of clean water was the rise of the soap industry, for personal and clothes washing, and the advertising race for a whiter wash. The programme includes rare archive film of the building of Haweswater Dam, early soap manufacture and early cinema advertising of soap, as well as a propaganda sequence to encourage Scotland to emulate the huge water scheme at the Tennesse Valley Authority.
| Module code and title: | A282, "Science, technology and everyday life 1870-1950" |
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| Item code: | A282; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:40 |
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| Producer: | Neil Cameron |
| Contributor: | Noel Coley |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Advertising; Haweswater Dam; Houses; Lake District; Manchester; National Trust; Soap manufacture; Swimming baths; Tennessee Valley Authority; Wash |
| Subject terms: | Hygiene; Soap trade; Water supply |
| Master spool number: | HOU5912 |
| Production number: | FOUA258T |
| Videofinder number: | 2129 |
| Available to public: | no |
