Industrial Revolution

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    First Industrial Revolution

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    First Industrial Revolution

  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny was a multiple-spindle spinning frame invented by James Hargreaves.
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom

    Edmund Cartwright invented the first machanised loom powered by a line shaft.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    The cotton gin seperated the cotton from the seed invented by Eli Whitney.
  • Steam Boat

    Steam Boat

    Robert Fulton invented the first commercially successful steamboat.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    The telegraph was a first revolutionized long distance comunication invented by Samuel Morse.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    Eliase Howe invented the sewing machine using lockstitch design.
  • First Transcontinental Railroad

    First Transcontinental Railroad

    They had a ceremony driving the last spike in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869.
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    The triangle fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city.