Key breakthroughs and technologies of the Industrial Revolution are revealed! Investigate the evolution of telegraphs, spinning jennies, steam engines, and more. Learn about the technical innovations that helped to create the contemporary world.
| Inventions/Innovations | Year | Inventor/Creator |
| Steam engine | 1769 | James Watt |
| Spinning jenny | 1764 | James Hargreaves |
| Water frame | 1768 | Richard Arkwright |
| Power loom | 1785 | Edmund Cartwright |
| Cotton gin | 1793 | Eli Whitney |
| Steamboat | 1787 | Robert Fulton |
| Telegraph | 1837 | Samuel Morse |
| Sewing machine | 1846 | Elias Howe |
| Mechanical reaper | 1831 | Cyrus McCormick |
| Bessemer process | 1856 | Henry Bessemer |
| Steel production | 1860 | Sir Henry Bessemer |
| Internal combustion engine | 1859 | Nikolaus Otto |
| Electric light bulb | 1879 | Thomas Edison |
| Telephone | 1876 | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Refrigeration system | 1856 | James Harrison |
| Typewriter | 1867 | Christopher Latham Sholes |
| Phonograph | 1877 | Thomas Edison |
| Camera | 1839 | Louis Daguerre |
| Telegraph line | 1844 | Samuel Morse |
| Steam locomotive | 1804 | Richard Trevithick |
| Railroad | 1825 | George Stephenson |
| Power printing press | 1814 | Friedrich Koenig |
| Steel plow | 1837 | John Deere |
| Steam-powered textile mills | 1785 | Richard Arkwright |
| Interchangeable parts | 1798 | Eli Whitney |
| Assembly line | 1913 | Henry Ford |
| Telegraphic communication | 1837 | Samuel Morse |
| Steam-powered ships | 1807 | Robert Fulton |
| Steam-powered factories | 1769 | James Watt |
| Electric power generation | 1879 | Thomas Edison |
| Papermaking machine | 1809 | Nicholas-Louis Robert |
| Steam-powered printing press | 1814 | Friedrich Koenig |
| Iron production | 1709 | Abraham Darby I |
| Steam-powered pumps | 1712 | Thomas Newcomen |
| Textile mills | 1764 | James Hargreaves |
| Coal mining techniques | 1700s | Various inventors |
| Steam-powered ships | 1783 | John Fitch |
| Steam-powered locomotives | 1814 | George Stephenson |
| Steel production techniques | 1740s | Benjamin Huntsman |
| Interchangeable firearm parts | 1798 | Eli Whitney |
| Gas lighting | 1801 | William Murdoch |
| Steam-powered tractors | 1892 | John Froelich |
| Refrigerated railroad cars | 1867 | Gustavus Swift |
| Sewing machine | 1790 | |
| Sewing machine | 1790 | Thomas Saint |
| Steam-powered hammer | 1839 | James Nasmyth |
| Steam-powered excavator | 1835 | William Otis |
| Mechanical calculator | 1820 | Charles Xavier Thomas |
| Steam-powered threshing machine | 1786 | Andrew Meikle |
| Power loom | 1803 | Joseph-Marie Jacquard |
| Hydraulic press | 1795 | Joseph Bramah |
| Steam-powered sawmill | 1783 | Samuel Miller |
| Steam-powered elevator | 1853 | Elisha Otis |
| Electric power transmission | 1882 | Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla |
| Steam-powered airship | 1852 | Henri Giffard |
| Reinforced concrete | 1848 | Joseph Monier |
| Mechanical clock | 1656 | Christiaan Huygens |
| Telegraph cable | 1858 | Frederick Newton Gisborne |
| Safety pin | 1849 | Walter Hunt |
| Machine gun | 1861 | Richard J. Gatling |
| Electric motor | 1834 | Thomas Davenport |
| Steam-powered fire engine | 1698 | Thomas Savery |
| Automatic elevator | 1887 | Alexander Miles |
| Steam-powered printing press | 1810 | Friedrich Koenig |
| Hydraulic turbine | 1827 | Benoît Fourneyron |
| Stirling engine | 1816 | Robert Stirling |
| Telegraph typewriter | 1861 | Royal Earl House |
| Fire sprinkler system | 1872 | Henry S. Parmelee |
| Steam-powered streetcar | 1832 | John Stephenson |
| Cylinder printing press | 1812 | Friedrich Koenig |
| Electric telegraph printer | 1849 | David Edward Hughes |
| Power hammer | 1840 | François Bourdon |
| Steam-powered reaper | 1834 | Samuel Lane |
| Safety bicycle | 1885 | John Kemp Starley |
| Incandescent lamp | 1878 | Sir Joseph Swan, Thomas Edison |
| Vacuum cleaner | 1901 | Hubert Cecil Booth |
| Photography | 1826 | Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Daguerre |
| Steam-powered stagecoach | 1827 | George Stephenson |
| Power loom | 1733 | John Kay |
| Hydraulic turbine | 1829 | James B. Francis |
| Sewing machine | 1832 | Walter Hunt |
| Electric telegraph | 1837 | Sir Charles Wheatstone, William Fothergill Cooke |
| Rotary steam engine | 1781 | James Watt |
| Mechanical calculator | 1642 | Blaise Pascal |
| Power hammer | 1842 | Nasmyth, James |
| Ball bearing | 1794 | Philip Vaughan |
| Steam-powered thresher | 1837 | Hiram A. Pitts |
| Steam-powered drill | 1849 | Jonathan J. Couch |
| Roll printing press | 1812 | Friedrich Koenig |
| Rotary printing press | 1843 | Richard March Hoe |
| Steam-powered canal boat | 1787 | John Fitch |
| Paper machine | 1806 | Louis-Nicolas Robert |
| Coal gasification | 1792 | William Murdoch |
| Steam-powered road roller | 1800 | William Murdoch |
| Power shovel | 1835 | William Otis |
| Blast furnace | 1709 | Abraham Darby I |
| Steam-powered paddleboat | 1787 | John Fitch |
| Fly shuttle | 1733 | John Kay |
| Steam-powered sewing machine | 1830 | Barthelemy Thimonnier |
| Bicycle | 1817 | Karl Drais |
| Electric power distribution | 1886 | William Stanley |
| Steam-powered fire pump | 1743 | Thomas Newcomen |
| Steam-powered hydraulic press | 1795 | Joseph Bramah |
| Pneumatic tire | 1888 | John Boyd Dunlop |
| Spinning mule | 1779 | Samuel Crompton |
| Steam-powered tricycle | 1789 | Thomas Blanchard |
| Steam-powered road roller | 1865 | George McKay |
| Railways | 1804 | Richard Trevithick |
| Steam-powered plough | 1808 | John Deere |
| Mechanical reaping machine | 1834 | Cyrus Hall McCormick |
| Power-driven circular saw | 1777 | Samuel Miller |
| Power loom | 1822 | Richard Roberts |
| Electric power transmission | 1882 | William Stanley |
| Steam-powered spinning mule | 1779 | Samuel Crompton |
| Water turbine | 1826 | Jean-Victor Poncelet |
| Gas turbine | 1791 | John Barber |
