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BBC/Open University site to accompany the series 'What The Industrial Rveolution Did For Us',
exploring the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today.
http://www.open2.net/industrialrevolution/
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Cotton Town
Tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen
began to expand with the growth of the British textile industry.
http://www.cottontown.org/
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Eccles, Manchester, Canals and Revolution
The story of how the Duke of Bridgewater created the first true canal in the U.K from his coal
mines to Manchester. Galleries of related photographs and engravings.
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/canals/
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A History of Cotton Mills and the Industrial Revolution
Extensive excerpt from a book on the development of the textile industry in the U.S., including New
England and Mississippi. Author: Narvell Strickland.
http://narvellstrickland1.tripod.com/cottonmillhistory2/index1.html
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Industrial Revolution
A history project done by a secondary student in Hong Kong.
http://www.geocities.com/turning_world
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The Industrial Revolution and the Railway System
Features a range of historical information and data including research papers, images, and extracts
from the Illustrated London News.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/index.html
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The Wilkinson Family - Ironmasters
A series of illustrated historical essays about the family who played a major role in the history
and economy of eighteenth century Britain, France and America.
http://www.iron.oakengates.com/
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Cotton Times
An overview of the industrial revolution in textiles, profiling workers and reformers of 18th
century Britain, related events in labor history, and describing modes of transportation and
living.
http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/
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The Industrial Revolution
A brief history of what happened during this time period.
http://www.bergen.org/technology/indust.html
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A Short History of Machine Tools
Suggests that Great Britain and America were chiefly responsible for the Industrial Revolution.
http://www.darex.com/indurevo.htm
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Industrial Revolution
A slideshow presentation on the Industrial Revolution, including a look at inventions, labor laws,
and socialism.
http://members.tripod.com/xu_chen/indusrevolt/
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Child Labour in the 19th Century
Features biographies and entries on reformers, supporters, laborers, working conditions, and other
things related to child labor in Britain.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm
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The Industrial Revolution
Professor Gerhard Rempel, Department of History, Western New England College introduces the
Industrial Revolution.
http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/industrialrev.html
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Lectures on The Industrial Revolution in England
The full text of these lectures by Arnold Toynbee in 1884.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/toynbee/indrev
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Industrial Revolution
A comprehensive entry on the Industrial Revolution frpom the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
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