Industrial Revolution
Created by: Shin Park, Jimmy Shoolis, Celeste
DiGennaro, Chris Bartman
Famous People
John McAdams
•Scottish engineer and road builder
•Worked new way of building roads
•Improved travel conditions
George Stephenson
•English civil engineer and
mechanical engineer
•Built the first public inter-city
railway line in the world opened in
1830
•Perfected a steam-propelled
moving-engine
•Created a locomotive that ran on
rails
Transportation Methods
Roads
•Trails blurred with thick dust in dry
weather and were buried in deep
slippery mud when it rained
•Made travel difficult
•A stagecoach could travel 50 miles
(80 Kilometers) in one day
•Packhorses and wagons carrying
heavy goods made less progress
Canals
•Great Britain and other countries of
western Europe also had extensive
networks of rivers that served as
water highways
•Many canals were built between
1760 and 1850
•Canals provide a cheaper and
slightly faster form of
transportation than roads
Railroads
•1814 George Stephenson perfected a
steam-propelled moving engine that ran
on rails
•1829- Stephenson’s famous locomotive,
the Rocket, pulled a line of cars from
Liverpool to Manchester at an amazing
speed for that time- 29 miles per hour
•It soon connected to the Western part of
the world
•There were continuous improvements
such as steel rails, air brakes, more
comfortable coaches, and special cars for
different kinds of freight made railroad
transportation fast, safe, and affordable
Steamboats
•Robert Fulton and American who established the
first regular inland steamboat service, received
credit
•His boat Clermont was launched on the Hudson
River in 1807 and began trip from New York City to
Albany
•Steamboats soon appeared on my rivers and lakes
•1838- Great Western a ship operated only by
steam, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 15 days less
than half the time it took a sailing ship
•Samuel Curnard of Great Britain who found the
Curnard Line Shipping company, provided regular
steamboat service across the Atlantic
•Ships soon started to build with iron and steel
instead of wood, which helped transporting all
over the world in less time and for less money
Improvements
•It helped the economy in terms of being able to transport goods and other supplies
across the nation to parts of the nation that could not access such items. Also it helped
communication ways since you can travel faster to get to whoever you might need to
reach
Predictions for impact
on Great Britain
The impact of improved transportation
during the industrial revolution made
•Delivery of materials much faster then before
•A new way of building roads emerged and made traveling conditions better
factories needed delivery of raw materials and then needed fast delivery to markets
•This made the economy in Great Britain better by making factories make more things
and sell faster
•Steamboats provided a faster way to navigate large masses of water. This made
importing goods easier, cheaper and faster
Predictions for how it
will spread & how it will
impact other countries
It will spread and impact other countries
•The growth of the Industrial Revolution depended on the ability to transport raw
materials and finished goods over long distances
• There were three main types of transportation that increased during the Industrial
Revolution: waterways, roads, and railroads
•Transportation was important because people were starting to live in the West
•transportation through water was the cheapest way to move heavy products (such as
coal and iron)
•As a result, canals were widened and deepened to allow more boats to pass
•With this new technology it can benefit many countries needs and will be very useful
Why is your topic the most
important factor in the
advancement of the
Industrial Revolution?
Our topic is the most important factor
because…
•It created an easier and faster way of traveling
•Its more productive
•Cheaper
•It helps importing and exporting raw materials, and finished products from one
location to another