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Industrial Revolution

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  • Question of

    On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, with what material did Abraham Darby fuel his furnaces, thus revolutionising the production of iron?

    • Charcoal
    • Coke
    • Pitch
  • Question of

    His grandson Abraham Darby III, in conjunction with designer Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, constructed the World’s first cast-iron bridge spanning which river?

    • Forth
    • Severn
    • Tyne
  • Question of

    Ironbridge was built as a transport-link to Coalbrookdale colliery. Which artist’s impression, ‘Coalbbrookdale by Night’ captured the spirit of changing times?

    • Philip James de Loutherbourg
    • J. Turner
    • William Williams
  • Question of

    Of the 349 fatalities investigated by the ‘Report of the 1842 Royal Commission into Children’s Employment (Mines)’, what was the biggest cause of death (all ages) in British coal mines?

    • Falling down shafts.
    • Being struck by falling ‘stones, coal, and rubbish’.
    • Gas Explosions.
  • Question of

    Known colloquially as ‘Soot Wart’, Chimney sweeps’ cancer afflicted what part of the body?

    • Eyes
    • Lungs
    • Scrotum
  • Question of

    For what invention is John Kay remembered?

    • Flying Shuttle
    • Seed Drill
    • Spinning Mule
  • Question of

    Name the textile workers who destroyed automated textile machinery?

    • Chartists
    • Luddites
    • Toll Puddle Martyrs
  • Question of

    Considered the creator of modern factories, who introduced the 13-hour shift?

    • Richard Arkwright
    • Holbrook Gaskell
    • John Lombe
  • Question of

    Which of these was NOT designed/built by Isambard Kingdom Burnell?

    • The Crystal Palace
    • Clifton Suspension Bridge
    • Great Western Railway
  • Question of

    Name the son of the ‘Father of the Railways’, George Stephenson, who eventually triumphed over Burnell in the ‘Battle of the Gauges’?

    • Albert
    • Herbert
    • Robert

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