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1800 - 1860

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General Resources

• Freedom: A History of US: The Industrial Revolution (from PBS)
• Industrial Revolution: America and the Indstrial Revolution (from About.com)
• Industrial Revolution (from TeacherNet@aol.com)
• National Inventors Hall of Fame Index to Inventions
• Famous Inventors and Inventions
• Picture History: Industrialization & Factories
• Inventors and Inventions (from the Smithsonian)
• Invention Dimensions

Pony Express

• American West Pony Express Information

Telegraph (Samuel F.B/ Morse)

• Samuel F.B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919
• Samual Morse (the Telegraph)

Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)

• Eli Whitney Museum, Eli Whitney: The Inventor

Vulcanized Rubber (Charles Goodyear)

• The History of Vulcanized Rubber (from About.com)
• Charles Goodyear (from MSN Encarta)
• Who Made America? Innovators: Charles Goodyear

Steam Engines/ Power

• Steam Engine History (from About)
• Inventors: James Watt and the Steam Engine (from Cotton Times)
• Edmund Cartwright (from the Cotton Times)

Steam Boat (John Fitch and Robert Fulton)

• Steamboat History (from About)
• Steamboat History and Facts (from Steamboats.org)

Canal System

• History of the Erie Canal
• New York State Canals: Canal Culture: Canal History

Railroads

• History of Railroads
• Railroad Timeline History

Elevator (Elisha Graves Otis)

• Elisha Graves Otis (from Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
• Elisha Otis (1811-1861): The Elevator (from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Inventor of the Week Archive)

Samuel F. B. Morse (Telegraph)

• The Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site
• Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919
• Samuel F. B. Morse (an American Memory Library of Congress Preview site)

Sir Henry Bessemer (iron and steel)

• Sir Henry Bessemer: Inventor and Engineer 1813 - 1898
• Henry Bessemer (from the Great Idea Finder)
• Henry Bessemer (from the Inventors Hall of Fame)

Cyrus Hall McCormick (Reaper / Agriculture)

• Cyrus Hall McCormick (from Invent Now: National Inventors Hall of Fame)
• Biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick (from the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research & Extension Center)
• Cyrus McCormick (from the American National Business Hall of Fame)

Canning and Refrigeration

• Canning: A History of Canning -Food Reference
• The History of the Refrigerator (from the History of Household Wonders)
• The History of the Refrigerator and Freezers (from About)

Sewing Machine

• Elias Howe (from "Libraries of Curious and Unusual Facts, Inventive Genius")
• Isaac Merrit Singer (from Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Aqueducts

• Bridgemeister: Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct

The Spinning Jenny

• The Spinning Jenny (the Open Door Door Team)
• James Hargreaves
• Inventors: Janes Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny (from the Cotton Times)
• The Development of Spinning Machinery

The Revolver

• Samuel Colt (from NSTATE)
• Samuel Colt (Wikipedia)

The Water Supply System

• The Water Supply System (from the World Book Online Reference Center)
• Early Boston Water System
• DC Water and Sewer Authority

Bridges

• New York State Covered Bridges
• The History of Covered Bridges

Factory System & Interchangable Parts

• Production on Encyclopedia.com
• Samuel Slater: American Factory System
• Who Made America? Francis Cabot Lowell: Consolidated Manufacturing

Photography (Louis Daguerre)

• Daguerre, Louis (by Robert Leggat)
• Daguerrotype (from Wikipedia)

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