British History > History of Socialism > Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution The Domestic System The Textile Industry Inventors Textile Inventions Textile Entrepreneurs Life in a Textile Factory Factory Workers Debate on Child Labour Railway and Bridge Engineers Railway Entrepreneurs Railway Companies The Railways Industrial Revolution: Events & Issues Classroom Lessons The Domestic SystemDomestic SystemHandloom WeavingBleachingWillowingCloth DresserSpinningCardingCloth MerchantsThe FullerPreemer Boy The Textile IndustryWoollen IndustrySilk IndustryCotton IndustryLinen Industry InventorsMatthew BoultonEdmund CartwrightSamuel CromptonJames HargreavesJoseph JacquardJohn KayCharles MacintoshGeorge MacintoshWilliam MurdockMatthew Murray Thomas Newcomen Lewis PaulWilliam PerkinJohn Roebuck Thomas Savery Charles TennantJames WattJoseph Whitworth Textile InventionsFlying ShuttleSpinning JennySpinning MuleWater FrameWillowing MachineCylinder PrintingRoller SpinningFlax SpinnerCarding EngineRotary Steam EngineDash WheelsPower Loom Textile EntrepreneursRichard ArkwrightThomas AshtonJohn BrightRichard CobdenGeorge CourtauldSamuel CourtauldDavid Dale Erasmus Darwin John FieldenJoshua FieldenSamuel FieldenThomas FieldenRobert Hyde GregSamuel GregJohn HorrocksWilliam HouldsworthThomas LombeJohn MarshallSamuel OldknowRobert OwenJohn OwensRobert PeelWilliam RadcliffeJohn RylandsTitus SaltJedediah StruttPeter Alfred TaylorJohn Wood Life in a Textile FactoryAccidentsApprentice HousesFactory PollutionFood in the FactoryParish ApprenticesPhysical DeformitiesPiecersPunishmentsScavengersWorking Hours Factory WorkersCharles AberdeenJohn AllettElizabeth BentleyStephen BinnsJohn BirleyRobert BlincoeHannah BrownMary BucktroutDavid BywaterSarah CarpenterMatthew CrabtreeAlexander DeanWilliam DoddJonathan DowneJoseph HebergramWilliam HuttonBenjamin GomersalEliza MarshallJames McNishWilliam RastrickDavid RowlandGillett Sharpe Debate on Child LabourViscount AlthorpLord AshleyEdward BainesDr. William BlizardWilliam BollingJohn BrightArchibald BuchananRichard CarlileLord Francis EgertonJohn DohertyDr. Henry HardieHenry HetheringtonJames HeywoodJohn Cam HobhouseDr. Edward HolmeWilliam JamesRichard OastlerMichael SadlerDr. Samuel SmithJoseph Rayner StephensJohn Edward TaylorFrances TrollopeDr. Thomas TurnerAndrew UreDr. Michael WardDr. William WhattonAbraham WhiteheadDr. William Wilson Railway and Bridge EngineersGeorge BidderJohn BlenkinsopIsambard K. BrunelEdward BuryDaniel GoochTimothy HackworthWilliam HedleyWilliam JessopJoseph LockeMatthew MurrayJohn RastrickGeorge RennieJohn RennieGeorge StephensonRobert StephensonRichard TrevithickCharles VignolesNicholas Wood Railway EntrepreneursWilliam ArrolHenry BoothGeorge BradshawThomas BrasseyEdmund DenisonJoseph GurneyWilliam ArrolHenry BoothGeorge BradshawThomas BrasseyEdmund DenisonJoseph GurneyGeorge HudsonWilliam HultonWilliam JamesSamuel LaingEdward PeaseJoseph SandarsGeorge HudsonWilliam HultonWilliam JamesSamuel LaingEdward PeaseJoseph Sandars Railway CompaniesSurrey Iron RailwayStockton & DarlingtonLiverpool & ManchesterBolton & LeighGrand Junction RailwayCaledonian RailwayMidland RailwayGreat Western RailwayManchester & LeedsLeeds & SelbyYork & North Midland RailwayEdinburgh & GlasgowNorth Eastern RailwaySwansea & Mumbles RailwayCanterbury & WhitstableLondon & BirminghamLondon & GreenwichBirmingham & DerbyLancashire & YorkshireTaff Vale RailwayLondon & BrightonMidland Counties RailwayLondon & CroydonBristol & ExeterGreat Northern RailwayLondon & North Western Railway The RailwaysWooden WagonwaysRack RailwaysKilsby TunnelRailway GaugesRailway MailSteam CircusPassenger CarriagesBilsworth CuttingBox Tunnel1844 Railway Act Industrial Revolution: Events & Issues Child Labour in the Mines Coal Industry: 1600-1925 Coal Industry and First World War Factory System Gagging Acts Health Problems in 19th Century Industrial Towns and Cities Luddites: 1811-1812 Mines and Collieries Act Peterloo Massacre Public Health Reform Riots in 1832 Reform League Six Acts Steam Railways Taxes on Knowledge Turnpike Trusts Water Transport Classroom Lessons Child Labour Simulation The Factory System Robert Owen and New Lanark James Watt and Steam Power The Domestic System Plight of the Handloom Weavers Railway Mania Steam Railways Road Transport The Luddites: 1775-1825
