Industrial Revolution Word Search

Words in the Industrial Revolution word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

factory

A building where many workers made goods using machines.

steam

Hot vapor from boiling water, used to drive machinery.

coal

Black rock burned to heat boilers in mills and engines.

machine

A device that did work people once did by hand.

railroad

Iron tracks that moved goods and people far faster.

engine

The motor that turned burning fuel into useful motion.

iron

Metal smelted from ore and used for machines and rails.

cotton

Raw fiber spun into thread in the first large mills.

worker

A person paid wages for long hours inside a factory.

mill

A water or steam powered building for spinning and weaving.

invention

A new device or method that changed how work was done.

textile

Cloth making, the first industry to be widely mechanized.

canal

Man made waterway for barges carrying coal and goods.

steel

Stronger metal made from iron, used for rails and bridges.

loom

A frame machine that weaves thread into finished cloth.

telegraph

Wire system that carried messages faster than any train.

locomotive

The steam engine that pulled trains along the tracks.

smokestack

Tall chimney carrying factory smoke above the town.

child labor

Children worked long shifts until new laws restricted it.

spinning jenny

Hargreaves machine that spun several threads at one time.

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