Watch again: Seeing the Light (webinar, 60 mins)
Produced by volunteers of Cambridge Museum of Technology
The Museum continues its exploration of the history of energy and utilities. Following on from the industrial history of the Cambridge University & Town Gas-Light Company, Seeing The Light charts the history of illumination - from the Stone Age to Victorian Era. Prefaced by The Year Without a Summer, journey back two centuries to the dawn of modern energy utilities…
Act 1: The Year Without A Summer, written by Gordon Davies
Act 2: Seeing The Light, written by Geoff Winckles
Narrated by Robert Lloyd Parry