An overview of the industrial revolution in textiles, profiling workers and reformers of 18th century Britain, related events in labor history, and describing modes of transportation and living. http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/
A series of illustrated historical essays about the family who played a major role in the history and economy of eighteenth century Britain, France and America. http://www.iron.oakengates.com/
The story of how the Duke of Bridgewater created the first true canal in the U.K from his coal mines to Manchester. Galleries of related photographs and engravings. http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/canals/
Tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand with the growth of the British textile industry. http://www.cottontown.org/
BBC/Open University site to accompany the series 'What The Industrial Rveolution Did For Us', exploring the advances in science and engineering and how their effects are still felt today. http://www.open2.net/industrialrevolution/