Industrial Revolution Timeline

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    Industrial Revolution

  • Water Frame

    Water Frame
    Inventor: Samuel Slater
    Invention: Water Frame
    Date Invented: 1769
    Effect: Started mill industry
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Inventor: Eli Whitney
    Invention: Cottin Gin
    Date Invented: 1793
    Effects: Led to cottin boom & revolutionized cottin industry
  • Interchangeable Parts

    Interchangeable Parts
    Inventor: Eli Whitney
    Invention: Interchangeable Parts
    Date Invented: 1798
    Effects: made industry more profitable & allowed goods to be moved easier.
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat
    Inventor: Robert Fulton
    Invention: Steamboat
    Date Invented: 1807
    Effects: Allowed goods to be moved easier & increased trade and profit.
  • Locomotive (America)

    Locomotive (America)
    Inventor: Peter Cooper
    Invention: Locomotive
    Date Invented: 1830
    Effects: increased speed of transportation and travel.
  • Harvesting Machine Reaper

    Harvesting Machine Reaper
    Inventor: Cyrus McCormick
    Invention: Harvesting Machine Reaper
    Date Invented: 1831
    Effects: Increased wheat production.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Inventor: Samuel F. B. Morse
    Invention: Telegraph
    Date Invented: 1832
    Effects: Made communication easier.
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    Inventor: John Deere
    Invention: Steel Plow
    Date Invented: 1837
    Effects: made farming easier
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine
    Inventor: Isaac Singer
    Invention: Sewing Machine
    Date Invented: 1851
    Effects: Made clothing production more efficient