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Industrial Revolution
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Andrew Carnegie
This man helped to improve the current day railroad -
Joel Tiffany
He invented the refridger ator car which was also known as the reefer. This was so when food was being transported the food that needed to stay cool did stay cool. -
Elisha Otis
He invented the evalator in 1853. In 1852 Otis made a safety lock that if the safety ropes failed these wouls take place. -
F.W. Woolworth
He created one of today's most popular shoe stores the Foot Locker. Most merchandise here was from five to ten cents. He put a cheaper price than most shoe stores of the time. -
Gustavis Swift
This man invented the World's very first YMCA. In was created in memory of his daughter who had passed away. He also created the very first slaught house. -
Macys
THis store had once failed numerous times but is now one of the most popular stores in the mall. Thisn store even sponsers a Christmas and Thanksgiving Day parade. -
Christopher Sholes
This man invented the first typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard. The QWERTY keyboard is still in use today, many people have it on their cell phones or smart phones. He invented the typewriter because he wasd a reporter who wanted to "type" faster -
Social Darwinism
This is the theory that people evolved from another living being not from the creation of God in so many days. But this was also used to set the rich away from the poor. -
John D. Rockefeller
This man founded the Standerd Oil company. Which evolved into the truck stop. The similar item is the TA in Lodi, Ohio -
Ottmar Mergenthaler
This man invented the first printing press -
Alexander Graham Bell
This man invented the telephone which the turned in to the homephone which has now evolved into the modern day cell phone. A lot of his family was born deaf so that fueled his fire to created something to help them hear better. -
Thomas Edison
This man made the motion picture camera. He was alao the creator of the improved light bulb that we use in our everyday lives. He held 1093 patents in his name. -
George Eastman
This man founded the camera company Kodak. He also helps make the basis for roll film , movie video footage. He also pateneted the very first camera.