The Industrial Revolution
Test your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution with this quiz from our historians.
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2 The Foley family of Witley Court made their fortune from the manufacture of what product?
Answer: Nails
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4 Who supplied the cast iron for the Iron Bridge over the River Severn in Shropshire opened in 1781?
Answer: Abraham Darby III
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6 Which industrialist bought Sutton Scarsdale Hall in 1824?
Answer: The cotton manufacturer, Richard Arkwright Jnr
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8 What is the difference between a canal and a navigation?
Answer: A canal is an artificial waterway whereas a navigation is a natural watercourse improved to make it more navigable
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10 The owner of which English Heritage property had business premises in Philpot Lane, in the City of London and sugar refineries in Spitalfields and Wapping?
Answer: Peter Thellusson of Brodsworth Hall
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12 When Audley End fell into disrepair in the mid-18th century what industrial use was considered for the house?
Answer: A silk factory
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14 What wood was most commonly used to make bobbins at Stott Park Bobbin Mill in Cumbria?
Answer: Alder, ash, birch and willow coppice
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16 Where was the ironwork used in the house and gardens at Wrest Park manufactured and by whom?
Answer: It was produced by Barwell and Co. of the Eagle Foundry, Northampton
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18 Which company produced the decorative floor tiles used in the corridors at Osborne House in the 1840s?
Answer: Minton Hollins and Co.
