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A History of Western Society

Chapter 22

The Revolution in Energy and Industry

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Borsig IronworksAugust Borsig, an artisan, founded the Borsig Ironworks in Berlin in the 1840s. The factory expanded to meet the needs of the burgeoning German rail system. By the time of Borsig's death in 1854, his factory had built 500 locomotives. (Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz)

Borsig Ironworks

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Engraving of interior textile mill, bad conditionsThis engraving from Frances Trollope's Michael Armstrong, Factory Boy depicts the hardship of the times. Here a boy is tearfully leaving his family to work in a textile mill. (British Library)

Engraving of interior textile mill, bad conditions


George Robertson, Nat-Y-Glo Iron WorksThis watercolor painting by George Robertson depicts the Nat-Y-Glo (Natyglo) Iron Works, Collieries, and Mine Works, in the parish of Aberystwith, South Wales, belonging to Messrs. J. & C. Bailey. This mining operation figures in the Royal Commission Reports of 1842 on the Employment (and Treatment) of Children and Young Persons in the Iron Works of South Wales. (National Museums & Galleries, Wales)

George Robertson, Nat-Y-Glo Iron Works


Girl mine worker dragging coalThis engraving of a girl dragging a coal wagon in the mines was one of several that accompanied a parliamentary report on working conditions in the mines. They shocked public opinion and contributed to the Mines Act of 1842. (British Lilbrary)

Girl mine worker dragging coal


Model of Hargreaves's spinning jennyA gifted carpenter and jack-of-all-trades, James Hargreaves invented his cotton-spinning jenny about 1765. It was simple and inexpensive; it was also hand-operated. The loose cotton strands on the slanted bobbins passed up to the sliding carriage, and then on to the spindles in back for fine spinning. The worker, almost always a woman, regulated the sliding carriage with one hand, and with the other she turned the crank on the wheel to supply power. By 1783 one woman could spin by hand a hundred threads at a time on an improved model. (Science Museum, London/Michael Holford)

Model of Hargreaves's spinning jenny


Rat-killing as a sportSome harsh forms of entertainment turned up in the industrial period. As this engraving shows, scores of working-class spectators came to see the celebrated dog "Billy" kill one hundred rats at one time at the Westminster Pit in London in 1822. (British Library)

Rat-killing as a sport


Turner, Rain, Steam, and SpeedJoseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is known for his dramatic treatment of natural light and atmospheric effects in landscapes. This masterpiece, Rain, Steam, and Speed: The Great Western Railway (1844), which conveys the excitement people felt about the new means of transportation, grew out of an unforgettable personal experience. While riding through a rainstorm, Turner stuck his head out of a train window and watched the locomotive race along for ten minutes. The train on his canvas speeds across the bridge, a streak of motion in a landscape blurred by the rain. (Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY)

Turner, Rain, Steam, and Speed


Union certificateThis colorful nineteenth-century certificate signifies membership in the first professional union in Britain, the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. With references to classical antiquity, British inventors, and various trades, the document highlights the nobility of the trade. (The Art Archive)

Union certificate


Watt steam engineIn the early 1760s, a gifted young Scot named James Watt (1736-1819) was called on to repair a Newcomen engine being used in a physics course. He saw that this engine's waste of energy could be reduced by adding a separate condenser. Watt went into partnership with a wealthy English toymaker who provided the risk capital and manufacturing plant. Twenty years of constant effort and the help of skilled mechanics enabled Watt to create an effective vacuum and regulate a complex engine. (Science Museum, London)

Watt steam engine


Map: Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850

Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850Although continental countries were beginning to make progress by 1850, they still lagged far behind Britain. For example, continental railroad building was still in an early stage, whereas the British rail system was essentially complete. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


Map: Cottage Industry and Transportation in Eighteenth-century England

Cottage Industry and Transportation in Eighteenth-century EnglandEngland had an unusually good system of navigable rivers. From about 1770 to 1800 a canal-building boom linked these rivers together and greatly improved inland transportation. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


Map: European Rails, 1850 and 1880

European Rails, 1850 and 1880During the mid-nineteenth century, European states built railroads at an increasing rate, creating a dense network by the 1880s. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


Map: The Industrial Transformation in England, ca. 1850

The Industrial Transformation in England, ca. 1850Industry developed in the areas rich in coal and iron fields. Important cities sprang up nearby and were soon linked by a growing rail network. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


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