Area in England of many sites of the Industrial Revolution

Ironic and ambiguous - smokestacks considered a sign of prosperity

James Watt's steam engine (1765)

First cast iron bridge at Coalbrookdale - 1779

First cast iron bridge at Coalbrookdale - 1779

First cast iron bridge at Coalbrookdale - 1779

Bridge at Buildwas by Telford - 1795

Telford's 2nd bridge at Sunderland

Telford's 2nd bridge at Sunderland

Pontcysyllte aqueduct carrying Ellesmere canal over River Dee

Pontcysyllte aqueduct carrying Ellesmere canal over River Dee

Pontcysyllte aqueduct carrying Ellesmere canal over River Dee

Pontcysyllte aqueduct carrying Ellesmere canal over River Dee

Longdon-on-Tern aqueduct carrying Shrewsbury Canal - practice for Pontcysyllte

Telford's masterpiece bridge at Menai (1819)

Telford's masterpiece bridge at Menai (1819)

Telford's masterpiece bridge at Menai (1819)

Telford's masterpiece bridge at Menai (1819)

Telford's masterpiece bridge at Menai (1819)

Boulton & Watt's Soho Manufactory (1765)

Boulton & Watt's Soho Manufactory (1765)

Boulton & Watt's Soho Manufactory (1765)

Boulton & Watt's Soho Manufactory (1765)

Etruria Wedgewood Factory in Burslem (1768)

Wedgewood ceramics

Wedgewood ceramics

Etruria Wedgewood Factory in Burslem (1768)

Etruria Wedgewood Factory in Burslem (1768)

Masson Mill at Cromford (1783)

First fireproof factory (detail) Jedediah & William Strutt

Ditherington Flax Mill (1797)

Ditherington Flax Mill (1797)

Ditherington Flax Mill (1797)

Ditherington Flax Mill (1797)

Panopticon concept

Panopticon concept

Panopticon concept

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia