Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution

With the establishment of overseas colonies, the British Empire at the end of the 17th century/beginning of the 18th century had a vast source of raw materials and a vast market for goods. The manufacture of goods was performed on a limited scale by individual workers – usually on their own premises (such as weavers' cottages) – and was transported around the country by horse and cart, or by river boat. Power was supplied by draught animals for agriculture and haulage.

External links

• Essay and source material on Arkwright and Cartwright
• Development of the cotton industry from the perspecive of the Blackburn area
• The cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution
• Factory Workers in the British Industrial Revolution