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Steam Engines
It was invented by James Watt. Steam Engines are used to power electric generators. It imporved the speed of steamboats and transportation for goods to be taken from one place to another. -
Factorty Systems
Factory Systems were made by Francis Calbot Lowell. It is used as machinery to make goods that were usually powered by water or steam. This invention led to English reform movement. It was a new wayof organizing labor made necessary by development of machines which were too large to house in a workers cottage. -
Spinning Jenny
It was invented by Isaac Singer. The Spinning Jenny was used to stictch fabric and other materials together with thread. Over time, it helped make clothes faster and easier, by making multiple spools of yarn at a time. -
Textlie Mills
Ffrancis Calbot Lowell invented the Textlie Mills. It is a factory used to make textiles. Ithelped disort land and living organisms with chemicals. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Elie Whitney.
It separates th seeds, seed hulls, and ither small objects from the fibers of cotton. This invention encouraged the demand for cotton mills which in turn got the people working and building the cotton mills to make money for their families. -
Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable Parts were made by Eli Whitney. It was used for manufacturing. They are parts which are designed to fit in any device of the same type. Over the course of time, the device and Whitney's technique were used to make many other products. -
Steamboats
It was invented by Robert Fulton. It was used as a watercraft that uses steam for power. It made transportation of goods much more efficient and economical. Steamboats were a lont faster than land transportation. -
National Roads
The Federal Government made the national roads. They were roads to transport goods and get to other places. The national road is known as the Peackock Rd and it is located off of U.S route 40 between cambridge and Old Washington, Ohi. This invention helped farmers in the Great Lakes and the Ohio Rivervalley were able to ship their produce to markets in the Atlantic Ports rather than sending their goods down the rivers. -
Lowell Mills
They were invented by Francis Calbut Lowell. It is a series of mills and factories built along each other. Because the Lowell Mills were made, improvements were being made towards power looms and other machinery that was used in the mills. Steam locomotives and railroads made it possible for quick and regular transportation of the products produced at the Lowell mills. -
Erie Canals
Erie Canals were invented by De Witt Clinton. It is used for fishing, traveling, tours and transporting goods. This invention greatly lowered the cost of shipping between the Mid- West and the Northeast, bringing much lower food costs to Eastern cities and allowing the East to manufacture goods to Mid-West. -
Telegraph
The Telegraph was invented by Samuel F.B Morse. iit was used to communicate with other people, by using codes sent over wire. With the completion of the Telegraph, almost instant communication between distant places is possible. -
Steel Plow
The Steel Plow was invented by John Deere. It was used to ventilatr the soil and permits it to hold dampness better. It was the first step to making farm equipment that we know today. -
Sewing Machine
It was invented by Elias Howe. It was used as a hand- powered multiple spinning machine that was used to spin more than one ball of yarn or thread. The Sewing Machine gave rise money to the textile industryIt increased style, fashion, as well as economic increase due to the new material on market. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific made the Transcontinental railroad. It is a trackage thatcorsses a continental land mass with terminals at different ocean ports or continental borders. It helped people get from state to state faster and also, it helped to transport goods faster across the country.
