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Map of Pittsburgh in 1795. After the Revolution, the village of Pittsburgh continued to grow. One of its earliest industries was boat building. Flatboats could be used to carry large numbers of pioneers and goods downriver, while keelboats were capable of traveling upriver. [24] The village began to develop vital institutions.
The Pittsburgh Night Watchmen, the predecessor to the Pittsburgh Police Department is established. August 1: Rebellious militiamen and farmers march on the city during the Whiskey Rebellion; 1797 August 3: Fort Pitt is officially decommissioned by the army and is subsequently demolished. 1798 Gilkison Bookstore and Circulating Library in ...
The Industrial Revolution altered the U.S. economy and set the stage for the United States to dominate technological change and growth in the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. [28] The Industrial Revolution also saw a decrease in labor shortages which had characterized the U.S. economy through its early years. [29]
The Industrial Revolution was the first period in history during which there was a simultaneous increase in both population and per capita income. [145] According to Robert Hughes in The Fatal Shore , the population of England and Wales, which had remained steady at six million from 1700 to 1740, rose dramatically after 1740.
Massachusetts became a leader in industrial innovation and development during the 19th century. Since colonial times, there had been a successful iron making industry in New England . The first successful ironworks in America was established at Saugus in 1646, [ 58 ] utilizing bog iron from swamps to produce plows, nails, firearms, hoops for ...
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) demonstration in New York, 11 April 1914 1914 (United States) According to a report by the Commission on Industrial Relations, approximately 35,000 workers were killed in industrial accidents and 700,000 workers were injured in the U.S. 1914 (United States)
Whaples, Robert. "Andrew Carnegie", EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History online; U.S. Steel's History of U.S. Steel; Urofsky, Melvin I. Big Steel and the Wilson Administration: A Study in Business-Government Relations (1969) Spiegel, Bruce. "City of Steel" 90-minute documentary film https://city-of-steel.com (2022)
A history of technology: vol 4: The Industrial Revolution c 1750–c 1860 (1960) ch 4, and vol 5: The Late Nineteenth Century, c 1850–c 1900, ch 3; online at ACLS e-books Archived 2006-11-30 at the Wayback Machine; Stoddard, Brooke C. Steel: From Mine to Mill, the Metal that Made America (2015) short, global popular history excerpt