most factories were located in lancashire in the industrial revolution.
most factories were located in lancashire in the industrial revolution.
where were most factories located in the industrial revolution?
lancashire
textile manufacture during the british industrial revolution









































textile manufacture during the industrial revolution in britain was centred in south lancashire and the towns on both sides of the pennines. in germany it was concentrated in the wupper valley, ruhr region and upper silesia, in spain it was concentrated in catalonia while in the united states it was in new england. the four key drivers of the industrial revolution were textile manufacturing, iron founding, steam power and cheap labour.
textile manufacture during the british industrial revolution
the high-level equilibrium trap. high population, although sometimes it can be a cheap source of labor which is necessary for economic development, sometimes the high population can be a great setback when it comes to development. the land which a factor of production can be negatively affected by high population. the ration of man to land will eventually decrease as the population of a community grows. during the thirteenth century, china was significantly affected by this population factor when it came to the point of ignition of an industrial revolution. as lin (1995) puts forward, initially, the culture of the chinese has valued the males in the society; as a result, early marriages were experienced which boosted the fertility rates leading to the rapid increase in the china population. (p.271). an increase in population with no equivalent increase in economic and technological development will ultimately suppress the available resources causing laxity to the general economic development. the high population experienced in china significantly raised the man to land ratio. the china population was massive. just as lin (1995) elaborates, the raising man-land-ratio in the chinese meant that there was a diminishing surplus per capita. due to this, china were not able to have surplus resources which can be tapped and used to ignite the industrial revolution. the impact of the high population just as demonstrated by venn (2005), made china to experience lower real wages as compared to europe thus it was not vital for china to develop a labour saving devices. the issue of the rising man to land ratio was a great setback for china to start a full-fledged industrial revolution. by the time china was battling with the ever-growing population, europeans on the other side were enjoying a favorable and optimum population. just as lin (1995) puts forward, europeans were enjoying an optimum man to land ratio with no land strain. the europeans also had vast unexploited technologies as well as economics possibilities. all these advantages were possible because of the feudal system that the european had embraced, (p. 272). the availability of unexploited ventures made european have significant potential in the execution of a fully-fledged industrial revolution. lin (1995) further adds that although europe was lagging behind china during the pre-modern era in terms of economic and technological advancements, the right time finally came for europe to use the accumulated sufficient knowledge. a strong need to save labor was finally felt in europe. the agrarian revolution experienced before also provided agricultural surplus that ultimately served as the core assets towards financing the industrial revolution. (p. 272). the accumulation of adequate labor and knowledge to their threshold was a significant step that the european embraced to ignite an industrial revolution. it is also clear that the agrarian revolution experienced in europe was a tangible asset towards industrialization. the issue of the abundance of land was also at the forefront in ensuring that industrial revolution was realized in europe contrary to what was experienced in china whereby the large populations put a lot of strain to the available resources as a result making industrial revolution unattainable in china during the early fourteenth century.
joseph needham