by Christa Nwokedi

Created on: November 28, 2009   Last Updated: September 28, 2010

 Famous architectural advances during the Revolution

The great scientific and technological inventions between the 17th and 19th Century induced the Industrial Revolution. The invention of the steam engine (James Watt, 1175), the Telegraph (Samuel Morse, 1836), the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell 1876, the phonograph (Thomas Edison), the Diesel Engine (Rudolf Diesel, 1893), the first aero-plane (Orville and Wilbur Wright, 1903) encouraged a rapid and forceful and transformation in all sectors lives.

Advancement
By the Mid 19th Century, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. It was a period of creative tumult, often named “spring of technology”, or called “the era of railway”. Ion lattice structures and the use of wrought ion became prominent in the construction sector and for decorating purposes on facades and indoor for treatment. The replacement of wood and limestone by ion lattice structure together with the newly invented Portland cement permitted the erection of buildings of gigantic height, bridges, train stations, factories. The transportation systems experienced a complete renewal. The transformation from handmade to manufactured goods changed people's works-environment and induced the migration into the towns. The impact of industrialization had spread from Europe and northeastern America by the Mid 18th Century.
1779, the first ion cast bridge, was erected across the Severn River in Coalbrookdale, England (Philip James Loutherbourg the Younger painted it, in 1801).
1824, the Portland cement, a fire resistant  cement, and the  advanced forms of ion or steel bars led to the development of reinforced concrete in the 19th century.
1837 Euston station in London was built by Philip Hardwick (demolished 1871, rebuilt 1963).
1842 St Lazare station in Paris, remodeled by Eugène Flachat in 1889 is still operating until today (Claude Monet painted the station in action, showing a locomotive fuming and steaming at departure in 1877).
Between 1850 and 1870, the use of cast ion emerged for  facade treatment, and indoor decorations on Soho district of New York City, Milan Gallery, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris), Crystal Palace, London.
1889, the Eiffel Tower, was built for the World Fair in Paris, the leading examples of the use of ion lattice structures for architectural task.
1896, first time ion frame structures, were used for a factory building in Shrewbury, England and then for a seven story cotton

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