The Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution

• Nazish Zeb
• 23/11/01

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Introduction

• This presentation is going to put across the
• advantages and disadvantages of the industrial
• revolution. It will include the concerns of both
• the living and working conditions at the time.
• The problems will be presented along with
• comparisons with other industrialist towns at
• the time.

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The Concerns About The Conditions in Bradford

• The conditions in Bradford around the time of the
  industrial revolution were pretty bad
• Living conditions were very cramped and tight.
• Young children were forced to work along with
  women
• Pollution increased in Bradford with smoke from
  the factories and smoke clouds thundering over
  the city.
• The Whole of Bradford was littered with waste and
  garbage as toilets were simply holes in the
  ground or little buckets which were emptied
  outside.

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The concerns (part 2)

• Working conditions were very bad as they were
  also crowded. You would have to work long hours
  for a low wage.
• Cholera, a disease originated from India, arrived
  in Bradford and spread rapidly killing half the
  population.

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WORKING CONDITIONS

• Working conditions at the time were very
• poor. The whole family would have to go out
• and work. Factories let of smoke and fumes
• and the whole atmosphere inside was terrible.
• The chances of hurting yourselves were very
• high. Hours were long and often started early
• in the morning and finished late at night.

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LIVING CONDITIONS

• Living conditions in Bradford were worse then
• working conditions. There would often be a large
• family living in a one or two bed roomed house.
• People virtually slept on top of each other. One
  of
• the streets was described as
• Damp, no ventilation, a toilet was 10 feet three
• inches from the door.
• Most of the streets were like this and various
• diseases were spread because of this problem.

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CHILD LABOUR

• During the time of the industrial revolution
• children as young as 6 or 7 were expected to
• go out and work along side their mothers and
• fathers. Parents may not have wanted their
• children to have to work in such places, as
• mills and factories, but at the end of the day
• any money that was bought in would be very
  helpful.

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The Conditions In Manchester

• The conditions in Manchester were just as bad as
• they were in Bradford. There were a lot of jobs
• available, so people came from other places in
  hope
• of gaining employment. Owners were asked to
• provide their employees with suitable housing.
  The
• owners didnt want to spend too much money so
• they provided cheap and filthy housing. Working
• hours were long and the pay wasnt nearly enough
• if you had a large family.

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Conditions In Saltaire

• Conditions in Saltaire were much better then
• in Bradford and Manchester. Owner of the
• whole town, was Sir Titus Salt. He was a kind
• owner and his motto was
• Good housing, good workers
• And this worked. He provided suitable housing for
• his workers, depending on what their position was
  at
• the mills. The general workers house would
  consist
• of a back yard with an outside lavatory,
  downstairs
• would be a Kitchen and a living room. Upstairs
• would be two bedrooms.