Flour,lumber,mining
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INDUSTRIALIST
- Charles pillsbury was born on 1842
- He invested in a failing flour mill
- It took him 5 years to become very successful
JOBS
- Thousands of people worked in the industry
- The highest paid workers took care of the machines
- Many lost limbs
- The packers were the lowest paid
- Another low paying job was the workers who nailed the flour barrels shut
NATURAL RESOURCES
- Water- a source of power for the mills
- Wheat- to be ground into flour
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MACHINES
- Many large machines were used in the flour milling process
- To grind the wheat into flour they were expensive and dangerous
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INDUSTRIALIST
- Frederick Weyerhaeuser was already rich before the lumber industry was made
- Weyerhaeuser had grown up in Gramany
- He immigrated ot the US in the age of 18
NATURAL RESOURCES
- Tree-to cut down and make wood, main resource
- Horeses- to haul the lumber
INDUSTRIALIST
- Henry oliver
- He may have been the most influential
- In 1892 he found the iron ore source
- He owned a steel manufacturing company in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
MACHINES
- Steam powered trains-to haul iron ore
- Steam powered shovels-to dig the ore out of an open mine
