Industrial Revolution Timeline by Julian Karwowski

1798 Interchangeable Parts

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-05 17:35:42 UTC

Eli Whitney Invented the Interchangeable parts so when people needed new musket parts, instead of going to the person that made the musket to get a custom part that won't work on any musket except that one. You can go to any blacksmith that has interchangeable parts and fix your musket without having to go to the other person. This impacted society by making it easier to get your musket fixed because you can go to anyone and not just one person.

1825 Iron Plow

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-08 17:17:49 UTC

The Lightweight iron Plow made/improved by John deere helped farmers collect crops.

This helped society because it helped farmers collect crops faster which is more convenient

1800-1836 Lowell Girls

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-08 17:30:04 UTC

The Lowell girls are a group of girls that worked at the Lowell Mills. The Lowell girls lived in boarding houses and worked long hours and got low pay, lower pay than the men

1793 Slater Mills

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-08 17:39:38 UTC

The Slater Mills were made by Samuel Slater and was one of the first textile Mills powered by water. This contributed to society because there was a whole new power source that was discovered .

1800-1850 Urbanization and City Pollution

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-08 23:41:44 UTC

In the span of 1800-1850 Cities started to grow because of factory's and people from the countryside started to go in the cities to find work. Since there was so much people, people started polluting the river which caused many disease. This pollution crisis help society because it made them realize that they need to make sewage systems and stop littering so they can be safe from diseases.

1800-1850 Boarding Houses and strikes

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-09 00:02:36 UTC

The boarding houses for most people consisted of a small dorm like room in a house that they had to share. This was the living place of factory workers. But workers that didn't like these houses went on strike for better pay and lower hours for woman. These strikes continued to society because it helped woman gain less hours and more pay which is good.

1834 Cast Iron Stove

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-09 00:11:58 UTC

The Cast Iron Stove made by Philo Stewart helped with cooking because it used lest fuel and gave off more heat.

This was important to society because it help cook food faster and heat up the house.

1834 Electric Motor

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-09 00:18:00 UTC

The Electric Motor made by Thomas Davenport helped proved that electricity can be used as power. This is important to society because it can prove that we can use electricity for power and set the stepping stones for using electricity for power.

1846 Sewing Machine

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-09 00:22:46 UTC

The sewing machine made by elias howe helped with making more shirts in a shorter time which improved production. This was important to society because it improved production for shirts and more sales from the people selling those shirts because they had more.

1847 Mechanical Reaper

juliankarwowski — 2025-09-09 00:34:06 UTC

The Reaper made by Cyrus McCormick was made so people can harvest as much crops as 5 people with hand tools.

This was important to society because it made it easier to harvest crops while doing it faster.