Industrial revolution By TobysTall Jan 1, 1760 Wedgwood began manufacturing pottery 1765 James Watts improves steam train 1782 James Watt invents first rotative engine 1825 First steam engine railroad built by Stevenson 1834 America First mechanical reaper 1851 Great exhibition opens in Londons Crystal palace 1851 America Singer sewing machine invented 1856 Mass production of steel 1863 Construction of the London underground rail system begins 1878 Internal combustion engine developed in Germany 1881 First electric trams in Germany 1883 Australia Sunshine harvester developed in Victoria 1886 First automobile developed by Daimler and Benz 1888 Asia First Railroad opened up in China 1895 Wireless telegraph invented by Marconi 1903 America Wright brothers make first aeroplane