Town, Gown (and Clergy) in Cambridge's First Industrial Revolution
Channel: Cambridge Museum of Technology
Date: 2020-09-19

Or "How Cambridge University & Town Gas-Light Company Lit Up Cambridge"

Rewind two centuries, when the first energy-utility - street-lighting - arrived in Cambridge, UK. 
Revisit the sights and smells of the University & Town Gas-Light Company, which would transform how Cambridge looked, lived, worked (and cooked!), but not without cost to its workers and the environment of east Cambridge. What are the lessons of Cambridge's energy past for its energy future? 

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION 
- Broadcast by Cambridge Museum of Technology as part of the 30th Cambridge University Alumni Festival 2020: www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/festival/events/town-gown-and-clergy-how-the-university-and-town-gas-light-company-lit-up-cambridge
 - Inspired by the research of local historian Allan Brigham [1951-2020] into the career of engineer John Grafton during the 19th Century 
- Written and produced by volunteers at Cambridge Museum of Technology 

- Revised and expanded *September 2020* with previously unpublished photographs of Cambridge's changing industrial landscape. 
- Broadcast in High-Definition 

Accessibility: Closed Captions subtitles in English and automatic-translation subtitles available