A Century In Stone - The Eston And California Story
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The discovery of ironstone at Eston hills in the mid-19th century sparked an explosion of industry and population known as 'The Great Iron Rush'. It established the unknown Cleveland district of North East Yorkshire as the world's iron-mining and iron-making capital.
The ironstone miners of Eston laid the foundations of industrial Teesside and laid down their lives in hundreds. They left a legacy from the Tees to Sydney Harbour and were forgotten.
This 2-hour documentary tells their story combining dramatisation, virtual reality, rare archive film and candid interviews with the very last of the mining community. It is a digital monument for them and and a cultural landmark for Teesside.
