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Factory Systems
Samuel Slator / All steps of manufacturing occurred in one location. Built near water & mostly in New England. this brought more jobs to the people and sped up the ability to manufacture items like cotton. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney/ Machine used to pull seeds out of cotton & clean them. This increased production of cotton factories and made slavery more popular. -
Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney/ Replacement pieces of exact specifications. Parts that are exactly alike. This made it so much easier to repair guns and other things that were built into many different parts. -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton/ Boats powered by steam engines rather than water wheels. They realized that the pressure that built up could make the pistons move, which in turn made the boat move faster than when the water wheels were in place. -
Erie Canal
John Calhoun/ The Erie Canal stretches 346 miles and links Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Towns like Cleveland and Dayton Ohio became manufacturing cities. -
Steel Plow
John Deere/ A lightweight tool with a sturdy steel blade that was used to push through heavier soil. This was used by famers all over the country and worked better than anything they had used before. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse/ Machine used to communicate by tapping out codes that could be translated. This helped with being able to communicate to people that were very far away. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The C.P.R and the U.P.R made it so that it would be easier to transport goods and people all the way from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast.
