Industrialisation in Ulster
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- Industrialisation
- Increase of linen
- Wet spinning: used flax which was cheaper than cotton.
- Andrew Mulholland: employed 5,000 at his mills.
- Cotton was slow to mechanise in Ireland
- Irish suppliers could not compete with Britain's industrial capacity with cotton
- The capacity meant cheaper priced goods
- they invested in Linen!
- Irish suppliers could not compete with Britain's industrial capacity with cotton
- Transport links
- Belfast was known as 'linenopolis'
- Railways were improved between Belfast and Lisburn in 1839
- By the end of 1900's, 90% of the population was linked by railways
- Railways were improved between Belfast and Lisburn in 1839
- Ulster can compete!
- Belfast was known as 'linenopolis'
- Shipbuilding
- The Ballast Board
- Walker and Burgess to find a solution to the shallow and bendy river Lagan
- More ships could pass through - larger ships = more appeal
- Walker and Burgess to find a solution to the shallow and bendy river Lagan
- Led to the growth of other industries: rope and engineering
- The Ballast Board
- Increase of linen
- Cotton was slow to mechanise in Ireland
- Irish suppliers could not compete with Britain's industrial capacity with cotton
- The capacity meant cheaper priced goods
- they invested in Linen!
- Irish suppliers could not compete with Britain's industrial capacity with cotton
- Ritchie had a ship building yard
- Connell took over his yard
- First iron steamship built by Victor Coates
- Hickson opened up the ironworkers shipyard
- Hickson employed Harland to manage the Queens Island
- The steamship could compete with shipyards in Liverpool
- Hickson opened up the ironworkers shipyard
- Linen industry could develop
- Could transport to Britain and America
- Allowed for huge employment
- First iron steamship built by Victor Coates
- Connell took over his yard
- The economy in Ulster had new life with diversification = more economic security
- Large employment
- CHOLERA!
- Contaminated poopie water
- Industrialisation meant people were more densely populated in back-to-back housing
- Poor working conditions!
- Andrew Mulholland: employed 5,000 at his mills.
- Noise
- poorly ventilated sheds - pouce from flax = TB
- Low wages
- Machinery accidents
- Poor working conditions!
- Industrialisation meant people were more densely populated in back-to-back housing
- Contaminated poopie water
- CHOLERA!
- Protestants
- Penal laws meant that as they owned the land they owned the factories
- the ratio was P:C 40:1 ownership
- Penal laws meant that as they owned the land they owned the factories
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