Run of the Mill
This textile was produced by the mills
What is cotton?
The water wheel and the telephone
What is the water wheel?
This great inventor developed the Model T car
Who is Henry Ford?
This product was mined to support steam power.
What is coal?
The reason factories were invented
What is mass production?
Often employed in mills because they could get into tight spaces and unclog machinery
Who are children?
The telephone and gas street lights
What are gas street lights?
Invented by Samuel Morse in 1837
What is Morse Code?
This animal was used as an early warning device in coal mines
What is a canary?
These children became the property of factory owners
Who are apprentices?
Early mills built near rivers relied on this device to provide power
What is the water wheel?
The steam engine and the power loom
What is the steam engine?
This person patented the first practical telephone in 1876
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
A common problem with mining during the Industrial Revolution
What is flooding?
The most important mechanism in any factory, which along with factory rules, kept workers organised
What is a clock?
This machine, created by James Hargreaves, revolutionised cotton spinning
What is the Spinning Jenny?
The Model T Ford and powered flight
What is the powered flight?
Invented the incandescent lightbulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
Miners often removed these due to the heat
What are clothes?
Passed in 1833 to improve the rights of children working in factories
What is the Factory Act?
Developed in 1793 by Eli Whitney, this allowed for quicker production of cotton.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The lawn mower and a battery
What is a battery?
Developed a way of controlled flight
Who are the Wright brothers?
Flame from a candle might ignite this gas, causing an explosion in the mine
What is methane?
Formed in large part due to factories and the migration of people who worked in them
What are cities?