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== Factories and Industries of Carlisle == | |||
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Searching through the library catalog and America History and Life I’ve found substantial information about PA’s industrial growth occurring after 1850. The change in Penn’s economy from colonial to capitalist developed because of the manufacturing of iron, surplus of capital from Phil, and population growth. Residents wanting to industrialize enabled the change because of local investments and rise of corporations. Urbanization and population growth increased markets. Penn increased internal trade and grew in manufacturing, becoming the leading agriculture producer. Therefore a need for a direct connection to Phil, NY and New England. This led to the construction of turnpikes, river improvements, canals and railroads to directly connect farm families and small towns with merchants and manufacturing cities. Also new revolutions in iron making and the patent of Bessemer’s steel process making Penn the first to have steel railroads in 1867, with steel coming from Harrisburg’s steel plant. | Searching through the library catalog and America History and Life I’ve found substantial information about PA’s industrial growth occurring after 1850. The change in Penn’s economy from colonial to capitalist developed because of the manufacturing of iron, surplus of capital from Phil, and population growth. Residents wanting to industrialize enabled the change because of local investments and rise of corporations. Urbanization and population growth increased markets. Penn increased internal trade and grew in manufacturing, becoming the leading agriculture producer. Therefore a need for a direct connection to Phil, NY and New England. This led to the construction of turnpikes, river improvements, canals and railroads to directly connect farm families and small towns with merchants and manufacturing cities. Also new revolutions in iron making and the patent of Bessemer’s steel process making Penn the first to have steel railroads in 1867, with steel coming from Harrisburg’s steel plant. | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 25 March 2008
Factories and Industries of Carlisle
Searching through the library catalog and America History and Life I’ve found substantial information about PA’s industrial growth occurring after 1850. The change in Penn’s economy from colonial to capitalist developed because of the manufacturing of iron, surplus of capital from Phil, and population growth. Residents wanting to industrialize enabled the change because of local investments and rise of corporations. Urbanization and population growth increased markets. Penn increased internal trade and grew in manufacturing, becoming the leading agriculture producer. Therefore a need for a direct connection to Phil, NY and New England. This led to the construction of turnpikes, river improvements, canals and railroads to directly connect farm families and small towns with merchants and manufacturing cities. Also new revolutions in iron making and the patent of Bessemer’s steel process making Penn the first to have steel railroads in 1867, with steel coming from Harrisburg’s steel plant.
This website was helpful in finding more specific topics (economy, politics, and society) about Penn’s history:
http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&page=home&handle=psu.ph
