Child Labour
Offers detailed descriptions on what it was like to work in a factory as a child. Includes biographies of factory reformers, accounts from the workers themselves, legislation passed and statistics.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm
Cotton Times - Understanding the Industrial Revolution
An overview of the revolution in textiles, profiling workers and reformers of 18th century Britain, related events in labor history, and describing modes of transportation and living.
http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/
Cotton Town
Tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand with the growth of the British textile industry.
http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=257
Industrial Revolution
A comprehensive entry on the Industrial Revolution.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
Industrial Revolution Vocabulary
Related terms with definitions.
http://www.drizzle.com/~jcouture/1_world/industrial_rev/Vocab%20Industrial%20Revolution%200203.htm
Leeds Woollen Workers Petition
A petition by workers complaining about the effects of machines on the previously well-paid skilled workers.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html
Steam Engine Library
A collection of historical documents.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/
The Industrial Revolution and the Railway System
Features a range of historical information and data including research papers, images, and extracts from the Illustrated London News.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/
The Wolverhampton Gunlock Makers
A sketch history of the family businesses who produced gunlocks (firing mechanisms for guns) from the 18th century to present day.
http://www.wolverhampton-gunlocks.fslife.co.uk/
What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us
Explores the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today.
http://www.open2.net/industrialrevolution/