The industrial revolution which started in England in the late 18th century caused the main economic activity of many parts of the world to change from agriculture and farming to manufacturing.
The term manufacturing means the use of machines, tools and trained labour to make goods for use or for sale. It first started as handicraft supplement to agriculture and farming and progressed to craft guilds. The industrial revolution in England introduced textile mechanisation and the making of iron, steels, machine tools, steam engines, steam ships, railways, as well as factory production. Soon in many parts of Europe and the US, manufacture overtook agriculture and farming to be the main economic activity. Gradually other countries followed.
This picture above is my oil painting showing skilled workers in an early industrial factory working on machine tools powered by a steam engine through shafts, pulleys and belts from the ceiling. Size 30 x 40 in.
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