Industrial Revolution Timeline by Keira Cordova

1798 Interchangeable Parts

keiracordova — 2025-09-05 18:33:02 UTC

Interchangeable parts were invented by Eli Whitney in 1978 which helped fix the parts of machines that broke or fell apart. This new technology helped save companies time and money because they were able to get the machines fixed faster and more efficiently.

1825 Iron Plow

keiracordova — 2025-09-05 18:41:39 UTC

The Iron Plow was invented by Jethro Wood in 1825 who began manufacture the iron plow with replaceable parts. That then inspired john deere improv on the idea and make it lighter since it was heavier and harder for the oxe to pull which slowed farmers down so making it a lighter material made work for farmers quicker and more efficient.

1800s Cities

keiracordova — 2025-09-08 18:21:51 UTC

In 1800 during the industrial revolution many people had left farms to go to cities because they were attracted to the job opportunities that were found in factories, and as inventors found that factories produced a profit and they investing the profits to build more and more factories which continued to attract more workers from their farms which caused older cities to expand a lot while new cities showed up because of factories and expanded a ton of the population.

1830s Lowell Girls

keiracordova — 2025-09-08 18:40:56 UTC

In the 1830s girls were leaving their homes and farms to go work to factories at a young, and at the factories they worked 12 hours a day and 6 days a week earning very low pay and most of the girls sent the money home to their families but they made an important contribution economic contribution to economic society by providing labor for the Industrial Revolution.

1793 slater mills

keiracordova — 2025-09-08 23:50:15 UTC

In 1793 Samuel Slater built the first textile mill in Pawtucket, RI that was powered by water. It was very successful and other American manufacturers began using his ideas.

1836 Lowell Massachusetts

keiracordova — 2025-09-09 00:01:43 UTC

By 1836 in Lowell, MA there were more than 10,000 people living there. Other people that visited said it looked like a model community with its small white houses, green blinds, and nice carpets.

1844 Telegraph

keiracordova — 2025-09-09 00:06:27 UTC

In 1844 Samuel Morse created the telegraph that sent electrical signals along a wire. He also created Morse Code and his invention was an instant success. The telegraph helped many businesses thrive and connected the nation in a new way.

1847 Mechanical Reaper

keiracordova — 2025-09-09 00:12:57 UTC

In 1847 Cyrus McCormick opened a factory in Chicago that produced mechanical reapers that cut and gathered wheat and grain. This machine helped farmers raise more grain using less people.

1780s Loom

keiracordova — 2025-09-09 00:16:39 UTC

In 1780 Edmund Cartwright built a loom that was powered by water. The loom helped workers produced more cloth in a day than was previously possible because it could spin several threads at once.

1800s Diseases

keiracordova — 2025-09-09 00:22:31 UTC

New cities had no sewers and people would throw their garbage in the streets. Untreated sewage led to epidemics of cholera that raged through cities and killed thousands of people.