Low rainfall and drought in the summer or ice in the winter could stop them turning and seize production speeds significantly.
Water power relied on great weather conditions and relied upon the building of a factory next to a river. Water wheels in conjunction with the new inventions allowed for this. Power to sawmills allowed for the carving of lumber logs effortlessly and the grinding of grain flour could be simplified through power to Grist Mills. It is suggested that water power was nothing new and it had been in use for approximately 2000 years yet the way factories used water to increase the production line was the change.Ĭoupled with the inventions of the industrial revolution the water wheels could power machines to streamline the textile processes. The water would be powered downstream in a river to turn the machinery. Giant water wheels would sit next to the factory and drive production through the flowing over water over the machine. Water was used in conjunction with the Water frame invention by Richard Arkwright to power the whole production cycle in large factories. This led to the discover of water power and of course steam power which later followed with the invention of the steam engine. The inventions at the beginning of the industrial revolution most notably the Spinning Jenny, the Water frame & the Spinning mule all required some level of power to function. As this demand increases water became one of most important powers and thus the driving force behind the industrial revolution. There was also that from nature in the shape of wind and water. With the increase in invention more machinery and the need for more power the industrial revolution brought a new method of power Water & steam.īefore 1700, industry was run predominantly by human and animal power, Farmers in the field and animals assisting them with the daily rigours of work.
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