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Wharf Wide Web

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A video series exploring how one small place in England was the nexus to a global network for over 200 years, and how it helped shape the industrial revolution

Kerry Dainty

Kerry Dainty

Preston Brook Wharf circa 1890

Kerry Dainty

Kerry Dainty

Mr Spider on the Preston Brook mile post

This documentary video series will explore the role of Preston Brook Wharf and it's village in foreign and home trade during the industrial revolution; exploring it's connections across the four corners of the globe, the transport networks it used and the people who powered it all.

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