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 System Handloom Weaving Bleaching Willowing Cloth Dresser Spinning Carding Cloth Merchants The Fuller Preemer Boy The Textile IndustryWoollen Industry Silk Industry Cotton Industry Linen Industry InventorsMatthew Boulton Edmund Cartwright Samuel Crompton James Hargreaves Joseph Jacquard John Kay Charles Macintosh George Macintosh William Murdock Matthew Murray Thomas Newcomen Lewis Paul William Perkin John Roebuck Thomas Savery Charles Tennant James Watt Joseph Whitworth Textile InventionsFlying Shuttle Spinning Jenny Spinning Mule Water Frame Willowing Machine Cylinder Printing Roller Spinning Flax Spinner Carding Engine Rotary Steam Engine Dash Wheels Power Loom Textile EntrepreneursRichard Arkwright Thomas Ashton John Bright Richard Cobden George Courtauld Samuel Courtauld David Dale Erasmus Darwin John Fielden Joshua Fielden Samuel Fielden Thomas Fielden Robert Hyde Greg Samuel Greg John Horrocks William Houldsworth Thomas Lombe John Marshall Samuel Oldknow Robert Owen John Owens Robert Peel William Radcliffe John Rylands Titus Salt Jedediah Strutt Peter Alfred Taylor John Wood Life in a Textile FactoryAccidents Apprentice Houses Factory Pollution Food in the Factory Parish Apprentices Physical Deformities Piecers Punishments Scavengers Working Hours Factory WorkersCharles Aberdeen John Allett Elizabeth Bentley Stephen Binns John Birley Robert Blincoe Hannah Brown Mary Bucktrout David Bywater Sarah Carpenter Matthew Crabtree Alexander Dean William Dodd Jonathan Downe Joseph Hebergram William Hutton Benjamin Gomersal Eliza Marshall James McNish William Rastrick David Rowland Gillett Sharpe Debate on Child LabourViscount Althorp Lord Ashley Edward Baines Dr. William Blizard William Bolling John Bright Archibald Buchanan Richard Carlile Lord Francis Egerton John Doherty Dr. Henry Hardie Henry Hetherington James Heywood John Cam Hobhouse Dr. Edward Holme William James Richard Oastler Michael Sadler Dr. Samuel Smith Joseph Rayner Stephens John Edward Taylor Frances Trollope Dr. Thomas Turner Andrew Ure Dr. Michael Ward Dr. William Whatton Abraham Whitehead Dr. William Wilson Railway and Bridge EngineersGeorge Bidder John Blenkinsop Isambard K. Brunel Edward Bury Daniel Gooch Timothy Hackworth William Hedley William Jessop Joseph Locke Matthew Murray John Rastrick George Rennie John Rennie George Stephenson Robert Stephenson Richard Trevithick Charles Vignoles Nicholas Wood Railway EntrepreneursWilliam Arrol Henry Booth George Bradshaw Thomas Brassey Edmund Denison Joseph Gurney William Arrol Henry Booth George Bradshaw Thomas Brassey Edmund Denison Joseph Gurney George Hudson William Hulton William James Samuel Laing Edward Pease Joseph Sandars George Hudson William Hulton William James Samuel Laing Edward Pease Joseph Sandars Railway CompaniesSurrey Iron Railway Stockton & Darlington Liverpool & Manchester Bolton & Leigh Grand Junction Railway Caledonian Railway Midland Railway Great Western Railway Manchester & Leeds Leeds & Selby York & North Midland Railway Edinburgh & Glasgow North Eastern Railway Swansea & Mumbles Railway Canterbury & Whitstable London & Birmingham London & Greenwich Birmingham & Derby Lancashire & Yorkshire Taff Vale Railway London & Brighton Midland Counties Railway London & Croydon Bristol & Exeter Great Northern Railway London & North Western Railway The RailwaysWooden Wagonways Rack Railways Kilsby Tunnel Railway Gauges Railway Mail Steam Circus Passenger Carriages Bilsworth Cutting Box Tunnel 1844 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