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Britain produces 3 million tons more iron than the rest if the world combined
was the 1800s -
manufacturing cotton was a two step process,
spinners made cotton thread from raw cotton,
weavers wove the thread into cloth on looms.
this was done in cottages in the 18th century (cottage system) -
Britain produced 17,000 tons of iron
1740s -
2.5 million pounds of raw cotton was imported- used in cottage industries
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James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny- the spinning/thread production process became faster
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Henry court develops puddling
coke, which was gotten from coal, was used to burn away the impurities of crude iron, aka pig iron
1780s -
Britain produced almost 70,000 tons
1780s -
James Watt made changes to his machine- steam power could now be used to weave and spin cotton
steam engines needed coal so they did not need to be near rivers/ britain had lots of coal -
Edmund Cartwright- invented the water powered loom
it was more efficient to bring the workers to the machines now -
22 million pounds of cloth imported, most spun on machines
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first steam powered locomotive ran on an industrial track line (Britain)
pulled 10 tons of ore and 70 people at 5mph -
a later type of locomotive was used on the first public railroad
opened in 1830, extended 32 miles, had speeds of 16 mph while pulling a 40 ton train -
366 million pounds of cotton was imported each year
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Britain had almost 2,000 miles of track
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had more than 6,000 miles of track
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Britain produces 3 million tons more iron than the rest if the world combined