Mark Stein, manager of General Motors' Vauxhall van plant in Luton, 29 miles north of London, starts presentations with an aerial photo of the site in 1965. It shows a vast complex of buildings that ...
A paradigm shift is happening in front of our eyes. In the 18th & 19th centuries, Great Britain used coal to power the ...
Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly urban ...
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Britain’s canals: engineering marvels built by sheer hard work
Britain’s canals played a vital role in transporting goods and fueling the Industrial Revolution. In this video, we explore ...
A fascinating insight into Britain’s industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Architecture historian and artist Hubert Pragnell offers an ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract When and why did Brazilian cotton become important to the Industrial Revolution in Britain? Between 1791 and 1801, Brazilian cotton ...
Lee Raye received small research grants from the Society for the History of Natural History to carry out some of the archive work which contributed to this article. Lee is the author of The Atlas of ...
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