industrial era
Age of machines
The industrial era is the period beginning in the late 18th century when manufacturing shifted from hand production to machine-based factory systems, transforming economies and societies.
The term often appears in historical contrasts: In the industrial era, cities grew rapidly as workers left farms for factories.
Sometimes called the industrial age.
- ironElement twenty-six
- Bessemer processConverting iron to steel
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- company townEmployer-owned settlement
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industrial erainformation age
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Era of knapped tools
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