Bessemer Steel Process Mass Production of steel 1855 Transportation Agriculture

Henry Bessemer

The Clermont Steamboat 1807 Transportation

Robert Fulton

Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin Machine to separate fibers from

seeds 1793 Agriculture

Cyrus McCormick

Mechanical Reaper Machine to harvest grain 1831 Agriculture

Eli Whitney

Interchangeable parts Process to produce parts that meet

specifications so it can be used in any machine

1798 Agriculture, Transportation,

communication, household

Steam Engine Engine to pump water 1769 Transportation

James Watt

Steel Plow Cast-steel plow 1837 Agriculture

John Deere

Steamboat First successful trial of steam

boat 1787 Transportation

John Fitch

Telegraph Process of transmitting signals over wire 1837 Communication

Samuel Morse

The Tom Thumb First American built steam locomotive 1830 Transportation

Peter Cooper

Spinning Jenny Made thread 1764 Household

James Hargreaves

Locomotive Engine that used high pressure

steam 1764 Transportation

Richard Trevithick

First water powered textile mill Mill that hired whole families and divided

work in to tasks (Rhode Island System) 1790 Household

Samuel Slater

Linked Lake Erie to Hudson river 1825 (completed) Transportation

Erie Canal

First highway built by federal government

1839 (completed Transportation

National Road

Improved movement of goods and services

1764 (First US) Transportation

Railroads

Sewing Machine Machine could use 2 different thread

sources 1845 Household

Elias Howe