Episodes
The Machines That Built America: Tractor Revolution – Series Premiere (S1EP1 History Sun 18 Jul 2021)
Tractor Revolution: In the 1870s, harvesting crops is grueling, back-breaking work. Farmers must walk miles behind horse drawn plows to get food on American tables. But a group of dreamers–all of them rivals–has a vision that will change farming forever and create one of the world's most iconic machines: the tractor. Their quest to corner the market–worth 75 billion today–produces some of the greatest innovations and most iconic brands of all time: Caterpillar, John Deere, and Ford.
Airdate: Sun 18 Jul 2021 at 21:00 on History
Season 1 Episode 1
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are The Machines That Built America. This docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, The Machines That Built America brings to life some of America's most storied inventors: Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black, Alonzo Decker, and many more. In eight episodes, viewers will meet these larger-than-life characters, inhabit their rivalries, and ride the rollercoaster of triumph and failure as they search for a breakthrough that will change humanity.
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