Industrial Revolution Timeline by Muhammad Mohsin

1793 Slater Mill

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-05 13:42:30 UTC

Samuel Slater came from Britain to America and he knew all the ways to improve the machinery in America because Britain had been doing it. Slater went to Pawtucket and improved a mill there and that was the first Slater Mill and it was a success.

1798 Interchangeable Parts

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-08 13:30:53 UTC

Manufacturer Eli Whitney came up with an idea that would make muskets faster using Interchangeable Parts. Basically instead of making muskets handmade, he would use machines to make the parts and all the parts would be identical.

1844 Telegraph

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-08 13:37:33 UTC

Samuel F. B. Morse got a patent for a telegraph which sent signals that were electric through a wire. Samuel also designed a code which is now known as Morse code like dots and dashes so that messages could be sent through with the telegraph.

1834 Cast-Iron Stove

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-08 13:44:04 UTC

Philo Stewart developed a Cast-Iron Stove which was basically a wood-burning stove. He sold 90,000 of them and was just one way these inventions were changing the lives of people.

1834 Electric Motor

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-08 14:00:58 UTC

The Electric Motor was made by Thomas Davenport. This work was paved by Joseph Henry who proved that electric current can be sent through a wire through long distances to ring a bell.

1820's Boarding Houses at Factories

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-09 01:17:26 UTC

When woman would go out to work at factories they would live at boarding houses kind of like college dorms. But the space was so small and it was hard to live there.

1820's Lowell Girls

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-09 01:49:22 UTC

The Lowell Girls were young women who were sent to the Lowell Mills to work in the factories. Parents were hesitant to send their daughters to work which is why they build boarding houses to give the women food, a place to live, and safety.

1825 Iron Plow

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-09 01:57:32 UTC

In 1825, Jethro Wood started designing the iron plow. John Deere later improved the idea by inventing a lightweight steel plow.

1800's Overpopulation in rural areas

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-09 02:13:02 UTC

In 1800 only 6 percent of the population lived in urban areas. This started increasing gradually during The Industrial Revolution because by 1850, 15 Percent of the population was living in urban areas.

1821 Lowell Mills

muhammadmohsin — 2025-09-09 02:16:34 UTC

Francis Cabot Lowell improved British Textile Mills. In 1821, after he passed away his family built a whole factory named after him.