First Industrial Revolution

By 20madelyngaffney

  • The first steam engine was produced by Thomas Newcomen

  • The Flying shuttle was created by James Kay and it was a weaving machine

  • The Canal built by James Brindley was finished and contained the Barton Aqueduct

  • The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves

  • Richard Arkwright created the water frame

  • James Watt created a new version of the steam engine and patented it

  • Samuel Crompton created the spinning mule

  • Watt makes changes to his steam engine and replaces reciprocal to rotary motion

  • The Power Loom was created by Edmund Cartwright. This invention had replaced the flying shuttle

  • A steam engine locomotive was patented by George Stephenson