Industrial revolution factory

Halifax rooftops, 1937

Factory. 1910

19th century - Industrial Revolution

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The 1900 U.S. census (a count of the nation's population and related statistics taken every ten years) showed that 1.75 million children (ab...

This article, which is the second of a two-part series on child labor, describes legislative efforts to curtail the employment of children in the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s.

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The machinery factories came into existence in the course of the Industrial Revolution. Late 18th century most production machines, were still made of wood and manufactured in local workshops. The first industrial factories, such as cotton mills and cotton weavers, started their own workshops, where clockmakers, instrument makers, joiners and cabinet makers were employed to build and maintain the production machines.

Erich Mercker Forging Steel in factory | Industrial painting

Where did the factory workers live?

Women (and a few men) hard at work during the Industrial Revolution

Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in Bombay, India on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo by Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar (1815-73) and his associates.

Exploring Cologne Godorf with a friend in 2003. We tried to get an official permit... without success. After sneaking around for a while we got caught by security. Heavy photoshopping on this one.

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