Adapted from a presentation by Ms. Susan Pojer (Horace Greeley HS)

The Enclosure Movement

Metals, Woolens, & Canals

Early Canals Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure

Coalfields & Industrial Areas

British Pig Iron Production

18001 ton of coal50, 000 miners tons200, 000 miners million tons500, 000 miners million tons1, 200, 000 miners Coal Mining in Britain:

Young Coal Miners

Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”

Textile Factory Workers in England looms 150, 000 workers , 000 looms 200, 000 workers , 000 looms>1 million workers

The Factory System

Textile Factory Workers in England

Young “Bobbin-Doffers”

John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”

Richard Arkwright: “Pioneer of the Factory System” The “Water Frame”

The Power Loom

James Watt’s Steam Engine

Steam Tractor

Steam Ship

An Early Steam Locomotive

The Impact of the Railroad

“The Great Land Serpent”

Stereotype of the Factory Owner

19 c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau Riche

Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie

“Upstairs/Downstairs” Life

Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830 Age of Worker Male Wages Female Wages under 11 2s 3d. 2s. 4d s. 1d. 4s. 3d s. 2d. 7s. 3d s. 2d. 8s. 5d s. 4d. 8s. 7d s. 8d. 8s. 9d s. 7d. 9s. 8d s. 3d. 9s. 3d s. 7d. 8s. 10d s. 4d. 8s. 4d s. 6d. 6s. 4d.

Industrial Staffordshire

The New Industrial City

Early-19c London by Gustave Dore

Worker Housing in Manchester

Factory Workers at Home

The Luddites

The Chartists

Thomas Malthus/David Ricardo

The Socialists: Utopians & Marxists

Government Response to Industrial Revolution (a few examples)

British Reform Bills

Labor Reform Bills Industry & Age Cohort Mining Males under 157,30045,10043,10030,400 Females under 151, Males ,10065,30074,90087,300 Females over 155,4004,9005,3005,700 Total under 15 as % of work force13%12%10%6% Textiles Males under 1593,80080,70078,50058,900 Females under 15147,700115,700119,80082,600 Males ,60092,60090,50093,200 Females over 15780,900739,300729,700699,900 Total under 15 as % of work force15%19%14%11%

Industrialization By 1850

Railroads on the Continent

Share in World Manufacturing Output:

Bibliographic Sources ) “Images of the Industrial Revolution.” Mt. Holyoke College. /ind_rev/images/images-ind-era.html ) “The Peel Web: A Web of English History.” eight/primary.htm