Industrial Recolution

Question 1

After 1750 Turnpike Trusts were set up to do what?

Answer 1

Improve the main roads. They charged a toll.

Question 2

Between 1803 and 1821 how many miles of road and how many bridges did Thomas Telford alone build?

Answer 2

1000 miles of roads and 1000 bridges.

Question 3

What was Thomas Telford’s greatest achievement?

Answer 3

London-Holyhead road (1815-1826)

Question 4

How much was invested into canal-building between 1755 and 1835?

Answer 4

£20 million

Question 5

Who were the most famous canal builders between 1755 and 1835?

Answer 5

James Brindley and Thomas Telford

Question 6

By 1850, the canal network covered how many miles?

Answer 6

4000

Question 7

There was a ‘Railway Mania’ in the 1840s. How much was spent building the railways between 1845 and 1900?

Answer 7

£3 billion

Question 8

In 1870, how many people travelled on how many miles of line?

Answer 8

423 million passengers travelled on 16,000 miles of line.

Question 9

Timeline of events
1837 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.

1837 Rowland Hill invented the postage stamp.

1839 Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented a bicycle.

1843 Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the Great Britain steamship (using screw propellers)

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.

1885 Karl Benz invented the motor car.

Answer 9

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Question 10

Who made better roads in the 18th/19th centuries?

Answer 10

Thomas Telford and John Macadam