The second Industrial Revolution By aspinacas Period: 1870 to 1914 Second Industrial Revolution 1875 New work organisation 1880 New sources of energy Petroleum and electricity. 1885 Progress of industry Metallurgy and chemical industry 1890 New means of transport Railway, tram and subway’ lines; automobile and aeroplanes. 1895 New communications The telephone, the phonograph, the cinematograph, and the radio.