Industrializations Affect on the Environment
Industrialization Affects the Physical Environment The Factories poured out soot-filled smoke out of the large, black chimneys. Industrialization spurred many physical affects on the environment; some were positive and some negative. Industrialization promoted many new inventions. The first of many machines, that manufactured goods, was the cloth-making machines. These power-driven spindles made the production of yarn cheaper and faster than the muscle driven hand spinners. Spinning machines, looms, and the steam engine brought about a major change in this era, because with all the new uses for machinery, iron and coal were put to use. Iron parts replaced wooden parts of machines because iron is much stronger than wood and didn't wear as easily. Coal was very abundant in England's mines so coal became very important because it introduced a thrifty way to smelt iron. Also, coal
, "Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions. Men, women, and children began working in these dirty factories, with hours as long as sixteen hours a day. The Victorian Web at Brown University. About 1848, the development of national railroad system was being constructed (Hunt, p 471). About 1800, canals that connected iron and coal mine to factories were built. 2-3) Industrialization affected the physical environment in many productive and unproductive ways. Early eighteenth-century roads were rut-filled dirt trails. , The World's History (New York: Harcourt, Bracon, and World, Inc. The first railroads were essentially steam driven wagons that ran on iron rails. Sanitation in these slums didn't exist. In addition to all the dirt and filth in the slums, highly infectious diseases started to spread. Then in 1837, these canals began to be replaced by railroads.
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