IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION ON ENVIRONMENT
Industrial revolution

The industrial revolution is defined as the transition of traditional making products to new
manufacturing process like by using of machines. The first era of this revolution started in Europe
and United States from 1760 to 1820.

During this era many people was shifted from agricultural to industrials.

The main features involved in the Industrial Revolution were technological, socioeconomic,
and cultural. The technological changes included the following: (1) the use of new basic
materials, chiefly iron and steel, (2) the use of new energy sources, including both fuels and
motive power, such as coal the steam engine, electricity petroleum and the internal-
combustion engine.

Impact on environment

During the initial phase of revolution ours main focus was only in the economic development due to
this fact many environmental issue starts. Because during the new innovation there is also a
limitation within it.

During the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution created dangerous environmental effects. One of them
was air pollution. The factories had fog and gasses coming from their chimneys.

This caused people to be infected with lung diseases and it was hard for people to keep their houses
and clothes clean from the dust. They also had water pollution. The water in rivers

And canals were polluted from sewage and waste from the factories. The people living there used
that water to cook and clean. As a result, many people got sick quickly from what they called "King
Cholera" and died.

The people suffered from urbanization as well. To make room for the factory workers and the large

Amounts of people moving to the city, citizens built more houses. They were in poor quality though.
It was always crowded with too many people, and there weren't enough bathrooms or windows.

There were so many new houses that small villages near coalfields grew bigger and closer to the
factories. The people even had to cope with the noise. From being around the loud machines for
long periods of time, a lot of the factory workers grew deaf, as well as the citizens in the city. The
factories were so loud they could hear it everywhere. The citizens were very frustrated with it
because it rarely ceased.