Why did Industrialization begin in England first?
-"Workshop of the World"
Metals, Woolens, & Canals
Canal: man made river -->networks
Early Canals
Britain's earliest transportation infrastructure
Mine & Forge (1840-1880)
More powerful than water is coal.
More powerful than wood is iron.
Innovations make steel feasible.
-"pudding" (1820)- "pig iron"
-"hot blast" (1829)- cheaper, purer steel.
-Bessemer process (1856)- strong, flexible steel.
Child Labor in the Mines
Child "hurriers"
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