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9.1 The Beginnings of Industrialization

9.1 The Beginnings of Industrialization. The Industrial Revolution starts in England and soon spreads to other countries. Industrial Revolution Begins in Britain. New Ways of Working Industrial Revolution —greatly increases output of machine-made goods.

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9.1 The Beginnings of Industrialization

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  1. 9.1 The Beginnings of Industrialization The Industrial Revolution starts in England and soon spreads to other countries.

  2. Industrial Revolution Begins in Britain • New Ways of Working • Industrial Revolution—greatly increases output of machine-made goods. • Revolution begins in England in the middle 1700s.

  3. Industrial Revolution Begins in Britain • The Agricultural Revolution Paves the Way • Enclosures—large farm fields enclosed by fences or hedges • Wealthy landowners buy, enclose land once owned by village farmers. • Enclosures allowed experimentation with new agricultural methods

  4. Industrial Revolution Begins in Britain • Rotating Crops • Crop rotation—switching crops each year to avoid depleting soil • Livestock breeders allow only the best to breed, improve food supply. Satellite image of rotated crops in Kansas in June 2001

  5. Industrial Revolution Begins in Britain • Why the Industrial Revolution Began in England • Industrialization—move to machine production of goods • Britain has natural resources—coal, iron, rivers, harbors • Expanding economy in Britain encourages investment • Britain has all needed factors of production—land, labor, capital

  6. Inventions Spur Industrialization • Changes in the Textile Industry • Weavers work faster with flying shuttles and spinning jennies • Water frame uses water power to drive spinning wheels

  7. Spinning Jenny

  8. Inventions Spur Industrialization • Power loom, and spinning mule (next slide) speed up production, improve quality.

  9. Inventions Spur Industrialization • Factories—buildings that contain machinery for manufacturing

  10. "The First Cotton Gin" - An engraving from Harper's Magazine, 1869. This carving depicts a roller gin, which preceded Whitney's invention. Inventions Spur Industrialization • Cotton gin boosts American cotton production to meet British demand

  11. Improvements in Transportation • Watt’s Steam Engine • Need for cheap, convenient power spurs development of steam engine • James Watt improves steam engine, financed by Matthew Boulton • Boulton—an entrepreneur—organizes, manages, takes business risks. Matthew Boulton James Watt

  12. Steam engine designed by Boulton & Watt. Engraving of a 1784 engine. Reproduction of James Watt's steam engine

  13. Improvements in Transportation • Water Transportation • Robert Fulton builds first steamboat, the Clermont, in 1807 • England’s water transport improved by system of canals

  14. Fulton’s North River Steamboat as it appeared in 1807, later named Clermont

  15. Improvements in Transportation • Road Transportation • British roads are improved; companies operate them as toll roads. These were called “turnpike trusts”. The A4 is a historic major road in England, portions of which are known as the Great West Road and Bath Road.

  16. Improvements in Transportation • By the early Victorian period toll gates were perceived as an impediment to free trade. The multitude of small trusts were frequently charged with being inefficient in use of resources and potentially suffered from petty corruption. • The railway era spelt disaster for most turnpike trusts. The Round House (Old Toll House) at Stanton Drew

  17. The Railway Age Begins • Steam-Driven Locomotives • In 1804, Richard Trevithick builds first steam-driven locomotive

  18. Trevithick's No. 14 engine, built by Hazledine and Co., Bridgnorth, about 1804, and illustrated after being rescued circa 1885; from Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, January 3, 1885.

  19. The Coalbrookdale company then built a rail locomotive for him, but little is known about it, including whether or not it actually ran.

  20. Trevithick's 1804 locomotive. This full-scale replica of steam-powered railway locomotive is in the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

  21. The Railway Age Begins • In 1825, George Stephenson builds worlds first railroad line. • He is called the “Father of Railways”. • His rail gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches (1,435 mm), sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", is the world's standard gauge.

  22. The Railway Age Begins • Liverpool-Manchester Railroad • Entrepreneurs build railroad from Liverpool to Manchester

  23. The Railway Age Begins • Stephenson’s Rocket acknowledged as the best locomotive (1829)

  24. A cutaway view of the cylinder and steam valve of the replica Rocket

  25. Rocket replica

  26. The Railway Age Begins • Railroads Revolutionize Life in Britain • Railroads spur industrial growth, create jobs • Cheaper transportation boosts many industries; people move to cities

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