Jessica Harris
Industrial Revolution
Industry Inventions
· Hargreaves
-spinning jenny
· Arkwright
-water frame spinning machine, powered by horse
· Cartwright
-power loom
· Crompton
-‘mule’
· Britain
-textile industry
· Whitney
-cotton gin
Transportation
· Newcomen
-1st steam pump / “atmospheric engine”
· Watt
-repair Newcomen engine
· Trevithick
-1st steam steam-powered locomotive
· Stephenson
-Rocket
· Demand for coal and iron
· Railroad construction
-more job opportunities




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