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- - - - Cotton and wool production
        
        First factories were ctton mills. Inventions paves the way for mass production of cotton and wool
      - The spinning jenny
        
        Invented by James hargreaves in 1765, increases the supply of yarn. It could spin eight threads at once
      - The flying Shuttle
        
        Invented by John Kay in 1733, a more efficient way of weaving and it only required one worker. Weavers could produce cloth much more quickly, increasing the demand for spun yarn.
      - The water frame'
        
        Invented by Ricard Arkwright in 1768,. Spinning frame powered by a waterwheel and produces yarns of any type
      - Crompton's Mule.
        
        Created in 1799 by Samuel Crompton combining spinning Jenny’s carriage and the water frame’s rollers middle of the 1760’s, Britain had the centre of cotton production very first mills located close to rivers After steam power, mill build in cities
  - - - Early 1700’s, most roads in Britain were built and maintained by local inhabitants. This meant most roads were in extremely poor condition. Pressure from industrialists led to a dramatic increase in turnpike trusts. As a result, roads improved, and travel times decreased. As roads improved, demand for more reliable and convenient ways of crossing rivers 1779, Abraham Darby built the world’s first cast iron bridge link a small mining town with nearby factories.
        Railways
    - - World’s first railway line was built in 1825 between coalfields combines two innovations steam engine and rail-mounted mining trucks. 1830, a new track opened to transport goods for export. 1830’s and 1840’s, the building of rail tracks and strong, iron bridges for new train routes meant that iron production doubled. 438 new lines between 1844 and 1846, 200000 men were employed. By 1848, 40 million train journeys were made in Britain. Before IR London to Edinburgh took 12 days by horse drawn carriage. 1836, travel time dropped to 2 days. Travel for holidays became more common some commodities, fresh flowers, and milk.
    - - Over 100 canals were dug across Britain from 1760 to 1820 a transport network for the transportation of food and freight. One of the longest canals was the Liverpool to Leeds 204km
    - - Henry Ford introduced the concept. Sequence of specialised workers repeating the same task on a series of components
    - - Alessandro Volta developed a technology to store the energy in a cell or battery. 1880’s electric power stations were built Electricity was not the work of one person or nation.