Industrial Expansion After the Civil War, Northern states continue to experience industrial expansion Why? Transportation Networks - Massive immigration.

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Industrial America (1877-1910)

Industrial Expansion After the Civil War, Northern states continue to experience industrial expansion Why? Transportation Networks - Massive immigration Higher demand of products - Laissez-faire politics

Industrial Expansion So, what exactly expanded? Factories Mining Transportation - (Railroad networks) Inventions Labor Unions

1890 Census Agricultural jobs  Industrial jobs

1920 US Census Rural areas  Urban areas

Inventors & Inventions

Modern Typewriter Christopher Scholes, 1867

Mail-Order Catalogs A.M. Ward, 1872 Richard Sears, 1888

Telephone Alexander Graham Bell, 1876

Steam Turbine Charles Parsons, 1884 London, UK Naval Ships Hydroelectric Dams

Stanley Steam Engine Stanley Brothers, 1897 Kingfield, ME

Maine Hydro Dams Harris Dam, West Forks

Maine Hydro Dams Williams Dam, Bingham

Light Bulb & Electricity Thomas Edison, 1879-1882

Modern Machine Gun Hiram Maxim, 1885 Sangerville, ME

Soft Drinks Augustin Thompson, 1884 Union, ME John Pemberton, 1886

Industrial Enterprise

Common Industries Textiles Paper Cigarettes Steel Food Processing Meat Packing - Green Bay; Chicago

Washburn Brothers Livermore, ME Codwallader, Elihu, & William

Maine Pulp & Paper 1868: 1st Mill in Topsham 1875: SD Warren (now SAPPI) Westbrook, ME Largest & most profitable paper mill in WORLD 1900: Great Northern Paper Millinocket, ME

Maine Pulp & Paper 1920: Paper mills own 80% of North Maine Woods 2000: Every paper company has sold their land holdings Future?

North Maine Woods 80%

John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Company

Andrew Carnegie US Steel Co.

JP Morgan JP Morgan Holding Co.

Railroad Expansion

Railroad Expansion “Race to Utah” “The Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt

Union-Pacific Railroad

Promontory Summit, UT

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