GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Radburn, New Jersey, William Henry Duncan, Frederick Law Olmsted
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Now part of the rust belt , as many of the factories are no longer active. 45% of population worked in manufacturing (61,237) 1914: 50% of all cars made here. Japan: first country in asia to industrialize. All early industrial cities were on a major waterway. Urban advancements: steel skyscraper, most place within cbd, 1885 - chicago home insurance building: first metal skyscraper, the elevator, 1854: elisha otis. Equipped with hydraulics (brakes and lifts) and safety brackets i: worked in toy manufacturing for a number of years, the factory, home is no longer a place of work i. Birth of the commute: arkwright & co. (circa 1769) i. ii. Textile factory based in england: ford rouge plant: largest ever constructed i. Based slightly outside the city of detroit, mi: 93 buildings (15 million square feet, assembly line i. Henry ford: able to cut the cost of car manufacturing almost in half ii. iii.
