Industrial Revolution

By Winston Harris

  • Textile Mills

    Textile Mills
    Richard Arkwright first spinning mill, Cromford Mill, Derbyshire, was built in 1771. It contained his invention the water frame. The water frame was developed from the spinning frame that Arkwright had developed with a different John Kay, from Warrington.

  • Steam Boat

    Steam Boat
    he era of the steamboat began in Philadelphia in 1787 when John Fitch made the first successful trial of a steamboat on the Delaware River on August 22, 1787, in the presence of members of the United States Constitutional Convention.

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney. Cotton could be processed 50 times faster. Whitney thought that the cotton gin would reduce slavery but it increased it.

  • Interchangeble parts

    Interchangeble parts
    Whitney began manufacturing musket rifles for the new American government. At his armory he pioneered the use of interchangeable parts and the milling machine. Parts of products could be replaced instead of the whole product.

  • National Road

    First Major Interstate highway, over 600 miles long expanding roads connected western farms to cities

  • Erie Canal

    First proposed in the 1780, re-proposed in 1807, a survey was authorized, funded, and executed in 1808. Proponents of the project gradually wore down opponents; its construction began in 1817. It opened on October 26, 1825.

  • Mechanical Reaper

    A mechanical reaper or reaping machine is a mechanical, semi-automated device that harvests crops. Mechanical reapers are an important part of mechanized agriculture and a main feature of agricultural productivity.

  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    t was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it. When was it invented or first used? John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 when the Middle-West was being settled. The soil was different than that of the East and wood plows kept breaking.

  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Elias Howe invented the first American sewing machine in 1846. It was used for fixing clothes at a factory use, and on production lines. The sewing machine was created in September 10,1846.