The Industrial Revolution changed and introduced many industries. The main introductions were the coal and iron mining and the usage of steam power and iron. The agricultural no longer the main sources of income to most homes people began working in factories rather than the home the factories used the newly invented machinery, which powered by steam and were made with iron. Much work was done in mines to mine coal and iron ore to power and make the machinery used in the factories. There were many good points about the factory work and they were: production of products was quicker, more efficient and because of that the products were cheaper so even the poor people could afford to buy them.
The bad points about factory work was that: products were often made imprecise due to not accurate enough machinery, workers in factories were injured due to no safety measures. The workforce didn’t like factory work they preferred work at home like before the revolution but though however much they liked work at home they had to work in factories because they could not make products as cheap or in as much quantity at home. Children were made to work as well, children and women worked, doing very laborious work in mines and factories nearly and as much as the men did.
Employees doing work in factories and mines (manual labour) were paid very little and many accidents occurred due to lack of safety measures and carelessness. Factory and Mine owners didn’t care about the safety or health of their works they were just interested in profits. An example of lack of safety measures and conditions of work places: A report from a mine in South Wales there were 75 cases of widowing and 38 cases of both husband and wife’s death base left of mine under 7 inches of water and 15 death due to falling down mines and 43 death due to accidents in pits in mines
Britain became the biggest and strongest industrial nation in the world. By the end of the 20th century over 1.5 billion tons of iron and over 2 billion tons of coal was mined, because of Britain’s great achievements in industry it was named the “The Work Shop of The World” Britain exported more goods across the world than any other. It exported raw materials and made products to all parts of the world. By the end of the 20th century the three main industries textiles, coalmining and iron were all working at full production and there was very little unemployment due to this. Still the majority of the population of the UK were living in slums (improper housing) and not disposing of waste properly because of these much disease was spread and many deaths occurred due to the diseases.
Conclusion
The Industrial Revolution was a time of dramatic change, from hand tools and handmade items, to products, which were mass-produced by machines not requiring even a touch of the hand to make products. It was a great time of advancement, introduction of new materials and new sources of energy. For most people the Industrial Revolution changed their lives for the better or worse. People moved to towns and worked in factories rather than working on the land in farms. The Industrial Revolution changed Britain a lot if destroyed the countryside to make towns, factories and houses. It had many bad points, it caused lots of pollution and made many peoples live terrible by making them work long hours in poor conditions at the time the only people who benefited from the Industrial Revolution at the time were the rich factory and mines owners who made lots and lots of money. With out the Industrial Revolution we would not have most of the technology we have today like trains and cars and big machines to make the products we use.