Industrial+Progress

=Industrial Progress Summary =

Industrial progress in the late 1800's and 1900's was rough sometimes and better other times.
Around 1904 and 1905 James B. Duke was a very popular name for one reason hydroelectricity.James Duke built dams across the Catawba river to generate electricity,Duke origanally sold the power to the local textiles. Dukes first big costumer was James W. Cannon{who built a new town and needed electricity}. Most of the indutrial growth was concentrated on tabacco,textiles,and furniturein the early 1900's.Because of the duke family Durham became the source for the nations cigerattes.Some of north carolinas county were working placesand produced some of the big products such as tabacco textile and furniture. Towns cotinued to grow rapidly.
 * || || Person || Invention  || Date  ||
 * James Watt || [|First reliable Steam Engine] || 1775 ||
 * Eli Whitney || [|Cotton Gin], Interchangeable parts for muskets || 1793, 1798 ||
 * [|Robert Fulton] || Regular Steamboat service on the Hudson River || 1807 ||
 * Samuel F. B. Morse || [|Telegraph] || 1836 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Elias Howe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">[|Sewing Machine] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1844 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Isaac Singer || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Improves and markets Howe's Sewing Machine || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1851 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Cyrus Field || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Transatlantic Cable || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1866 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Alexander Graham Bell || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Telephone || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1876 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Thomas Edison || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Phonograph, Incandescant Light Bulb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1877, 1879 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Nikola Telsa || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Induction Electric Motor || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1888 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Rudolf Dieseil || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Diesel Engine || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1892 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Orville and Wilbur Wright || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">first airplane || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1903 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Henry ford || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">Model T Ford, Assembly Line || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Helvetica;">1908, 1913 || ||   ||