Industrial Revolution What were the first Factories like?

The FIRST INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRIALIZE was the NOTES The FIRST INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRIALIZE was the THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY Textiles are clothes

How does a ball of cotton become a shirt? Spin it on a loom Weave the thread into cloth Dye the cloth Sew the shirt

Cotton Ball

Spinning Wheel

Thread

Loom – weaves thread into cloth

Cloth

Dyeing the cloth

Sewing

Shirt

1600s – Before Industrial Revolution Raw cotton NOTES Putting Out System 1600s – Before Industrial Revolution Raw cotton Given to Peasants at home They spun and wove it

Putting Out System cont’d NOTES Putting Out System cont’d Skilled workers then dyed the cloth The system was called the Putting Out System Production was slow

Flying shuttle – sped up weaving Then not enough thread NOTES New Inventions Flying shuttle – sped up weaving Then not enough thread Spinning Jenny – spun many threads at same time Water frame – used water power to spin even more thread

Flying Shuttle

Spinning Jenny

Water Frame

New machines can’t be put in homes Need water power NOTES First Factories New machines can’t be put in homes Need water power  Put in large sheds near a river  Then use steam engines

First Factories cont’d NOTES First Factories cont’d Factories – places that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods. Putting out system is done away with.

Early Textile Factory

The Early Factories Rigid Discipline Harsh Conditions Women Workers Child Labor

Rigid Discipline Very strict, all things ran on bells just like in school 12 to 16 hour days If you are late you are fired No bathroom breaks Short lunch break

Harsh Conditions Very unsafe: could lose a finger or an arm Very hot and smelly Coal dust destroyed the lungs of the miners If you get injured you’re fired

Women workers Made up much of the new work force Preferred to men because: they could be paid less people thought they could be managed more easily Still expected to care for family after a 12 –16 hour day

Women workers

The Coal mines

Fun!

Child Labor Hired for their smallness Used to reach inside machines and get out jams They worked so their families could eat

The gang

                                     

A five-year-old shrimp picker A five-year-old shrimp picker. Children in this job typically worked from 3:30 am until 5:00 pm.

“Breakers” sorting coal.

Newsies

Small people wanted!