How did the industrial revolution begin in Britain?
Abraham Darby , Coalbrooke Dale, Staffordshire Richard Trevithick, engineering ,Cornwall Thomas Arkwright “Cotton Industry” North of England Robert and George Stevenson, Engineering, North of England Thomas Telford, James Watt, Cornwall et al Newcombe, Cornwall Isambard Kingdom Brunel These are really the main players of the foundations of the Industrial Revolution the thinkers and doers who refused to be satisfied. Most began as mine engineers hence the predomince of the Cornish connection, what with the tin mines etc. It was the development of the steam engine from nodding donkey to rotory power that saw the IR really kick off. However that would not have been possible without the better quality iron that came from Darby’s technique of using coke made from coal, not charcole, and the expansion of the blast furnace technique. The ammount of coal mined was able to be increased due to the improved steam engines that allowed miners to pump out even deeper mines, and to lift the coal to t
