Steam engines, the industrial revolution and many skilled inventors helped make this invention as it is today and has shaped its future into many everyday devices. ... Also, the Industrial Revolution occurred primarily because of the steam engine. The Industrial revolution was a period in the early to middle 19th century where many industrial innovations and advancements occurred. ... George Brayton, an American invented the very unsuccessful kerosene powered engine in 1873. ... It led to many improvements to Americans lives. ...

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Henry Ford was a very controversial person in American history. He was no doubt one America's Industrial revolutionaries, building the first practical, affordable automobile. ... What was his affect on America as we know it? ... In 1913 Henry Ford had opened the first continuously moving assembly line, a break through in the American industrial revolution. By the year 1918, ½ of all the cars in America were Ford's model "T-. ...

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His father, William, was an Irish farmer who had immigrated to America with his wife, Mary and bought a farm where Henry Ford grew up. ... "Ford"s assembly line alone threw America"s Industrial Revolution into overdrive"(Iacocca 2). ... Henry Ford began to push for gas stations to be built everywhere when he realized that a large percentage of the population in America had a car. ...

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