Before and After.

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Eli Whitney.

A blast from the past. 

In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin (short for "cotton engine") was a machine used for removing the seeds from cotton. Whereas before the seeds had to be picked out by hand, people (specifically, slaves) were able to use this machine to significantly increase their productivity.

Steam Engines

Another one of the great inventions that came about during the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine. The first commercial steam engine appeared in 1698. Then in 1712 Thomas Newcomen improved it. Although it was an improvement, it had many faults; including wasted heat and fuel. James Watt attempted to improve Newcomen's steam engine in the 1760's, and in 1785 he had done so, by using heat more efficiently with less fuel.

Adult income.

They were made in pence. Kids earn less pence than adults do because they were younger. Adults at the age of 17-50 were made 20 pence per month.

Working in Factories.

Factory conditions were dismal.

Long hours (16 hour work days) seven days a week under dirty, unsafe, conditions. Lots of workers died because they were so exhausted they fell asleep and leaned into the unprotected flywheels or leatherbands operating huge machinery.

Child labor was the norm, and a lot of children died, were horribly injured, or caught lung diseases from breathing in soot, lint, sawdust, or other dust particles.

The factories were freezing in the winter and roasting in the summer.

The working 'class' were treated just like that, an expendable class of humans made to work in the dingy dangerous factories of laissez faire capitalism.

Alexander Bell.

The Industrial Revolution that occurred in the 19th Century was of great importance to the economic future of Great Britain & the united States. Three industrial developments led the way to industrializing these regions.
a) Transportation was expanded
b) electricity was effectively harnessed
c) Improvement were made to industrial process

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment. The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. The impact on the world’s psyche would not begin to register until the early 1960s, some 200 years after its beginnings. From human development, health and life longevity, to social improvements and the impact on natural resources, public health, energy usage and sanitation, the effects were profound.

A life of one who was involved.

I was born into a very poor family in 1742. By the age of 7 I was working in the mines. But then I got a jod in a factory producing pots and pans for the women. The steam wngine had been around since 1712 and we had 2. But it may have been easier to make the produce ourselves as we had to constsantly shovel heavy, blaack coal into the machine. The employers liked it as it produced things faster, turned the wheels more quickly. At the age of 56 I am still suffering from the heavy coal carrying from when I was 7 - 10 years old. It has left me with deformaties, lots of people have them. It's better being up here though, than in the pits.

Birds Eye View.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsi95z1Nmhg&feature=related

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More on the famous bridge.

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most famous landmarks in the Five Boroughs of New York City. For over a hundred years, it has been the main crossing-point of the East River for New Yorkers and Brooklynites, heading to each other’s part of town for work and play. Yet, in the scope of history, the Brooklyn bridge hasn’t been around that long at all. When its construction was finished in 1883, it was the biggest suspension-bridge in the United States, but the story behind its construction is one that is even more amazing that the structure that resulted from it. It took fourteen years, hundreds of men, cost one man his life, another man his mobility and thrust an unprepared housewife into the harrowing man’s world of engineering, construction and design, a world which she knew nothing about. This is the story of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Child Workers

Street children were forced to clean machines whilst they were still working. I talked to a factory doctor to see what cases of near death occurred. The childrens  skin and muscles could be stripped to the bone, thats if their hands were caught in the machinery, minor cases, a finger or two lost." And this is children we are talking about. Although, the children didn't just have scraps and etc from machinery, the owner punished them.... YES punished them with whips, I suppose these two cause are pretty cruel. Well these working children only had one meal a day, and that was at dinner. Oat cake was that one dinner. They were hungry so had to eat this awful tasting cake. They never got to see their parents whilst they were working or when they were injured. From 4am to 8pm these children worked, and guess what? They did this for free! So here it is my new post that is very cruel, I'm sure all you guys back home would understand this pain.

Interesting Facts

- The Industrial Revolution started in 1750 and ended in 1914.
- It was caused by people trying to find ways to increase production of food and goods.
-  The steam engine was invented in this revolution.
-  The Industrial Revolution lasted for 164 years.
- Miners used child labour as one of the main ways to get coal in small places.
- They pay less to children and woman then men

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, which began in England, was a period in the late 18th and early  9th centuries when the life of ordinary people was changed dramatically forever. It was a time of numerous inventions, so industry developed so fast that society could barely keep up.