Life at the turn of the Century
Transportation-
- Horse-drawn trolleys provided the main form of transportation and pollution
- the horses produced a lot of manure
- in 1890's electric streetcars replaced horse-drawn cehicles
- some of these streetcars ran above and below ground to avoid crowded streets
- Henry ford introduced his Model-T car in the year of 1908
Model-T Ford
- Created by the Ford Motor Company
- regarded as the first affordable automobile
- from 1909 to 1927 the company produced more than 15 million atuombiles
- the first production model t ford was assembled a the piquette avenue plant in Detroit, Michigan
- Red, Green, blue and gray
- later came in black to reduce cost
Assembly line
- Manufacture process in which individual parts of a larger product are put together in a specific order
- spurred a new industrial revolution
- hastened the move from rural to city life
- advanced mass production
- Price dropped for 850 to less than 300
Power controlled airplane
- Invented in 1903
- Orville and Wilbur Wright
- First plane flew 121 in. in 12 sec.
- Further improved with regards to safety, power, and control
- October 1905 the aircraft could maintain a sustainable flight
- could land with the pilot safe and craft undamaged
- this airplane had an influence in aeronautical
Buildings
- because of the lack of space, building had to be built up instad of out
- 4 to 6 stories high
- Apartments were on each floor
- 2-3 families lived in each apartment
- there were no elevators
Parks
- Buildings were very cramped
- Refuge for city folk
- Open fields and small lakes
Buildings continue to grow
- Used to structural steel framework to make the Woolworth building in 1913
- 55 stories high
- World's tallest building at the time
Appliances
- Before appliances, people had to do everything by hand
- Vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901
- Electric washing machine was developed in 1907
- Radio Broadcasting was used in 1908
- Electronic TV in 1923
Anitibiotics
- Sir Alexander Flemming
- In the year of 1938
- Discovered the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum
- Helped in treatment of diseases endocarditis, gonorrhea, meningitis, and pneumonia
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