Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

By cwulf

  • 1st Commercial Steam Engine

  • steam engine improvemens made

  • grooves added to make different shapes

  • Paul and Wyatt invent roller -spinning machine

  • first textile mills appear

  • turnpikes were built

  • spinning jenny and water frame improved roller machine

  • power -driven machines started modern factories

  • 1st steam locomotive by Richard Trevithick (until now train cars were pulled by horses

  • Fulton built 1st successful steamboat; bridges and lighthouses were built

  • basic machines in use

  • 1st Reform Act

  • 2nd Reform Act

  • working conditions and wages improved