Tyneside is an area in north-east England which was once a major center of Britain's Industrial Revolution. Its coal mining, ...

The invention of new technologies during the Industrial Revolution allowed the textile industry to expand and make new cloth products. Find out more in this 3rd level Bitesize guide.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Joshua Freeman, history professor at Queens College, explained the advent of child labor during the Industrial Revolution in England. He also ...

Using historical data for the 1700–1914 period, this paper analyses the nature and direction of technical change in Britain. The evidence in this paper indicates that, over this long period, ...

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 ...

The U.K. used coal power to drive the Industrial Revolution and expand the British Empire. It's now the first major economy to quit the fossil fuel, a primary contributor to global warming.