HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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It provided power to run the machines of many industries.
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It revolutionized the transportation industry.
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It improved iron production.
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It provided the workers a safe and healthy work environment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power. Large enterprises began to concentrate in rapidly growing industrial cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The major source of energy for steam engines during the Industrial Revolution was wood. The dominant industrial power in the nineteenth century was Great Britain. Wood became the main energy source during the Industrial Revolution due to overuse and depletion of coal reserves.
Detailed explanation-3: -They changed the way things were powered, how goods were manufactured, how people communicated, and the way goods were transported. These new developments allowed the industrial revolution to grow rapidly and spread throughout Europe and the United States.