1. Industrial America (1877-1910)

2. Industrial Expansion
After the Civil War, Northern states continue to experience industrial expansion
Why?
Transportation Networks
- Massive immigration
Higher demand of products
- Laissez-faire politics

5. Industrial Expansion So, what exactly expanded? Factories Mining
Transportation (Railroad networks)
Inventions
Labor Unions

6. 1890 Census
Agricultural jobs 
Industrial jobs

7. 1920 US Census
Rural areas 
Urban areas

8. Inventors & Inventions

9. Modern Typewriter
Christopher Scholes, 1867

10. Mail-Order Catalogs
A.M. Ward, 1872
Richard Sears, 1888

11. Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell, 1876

12. Steam Turbine Charles Parsons, 1884 London, UK Naval Ships
Hydroelectric Dams

13. Stanley Steam Engine
Stanley Brothers, 1897
Kingfield, ME

14. Maine Hydro Dams
Harris Dam, West Forks

15. Maine Hydro Dams
Williams Dam, Bingham

16. Light Bulb & Electricity
Thomas Edison,

17. Modern Machine Gun
Hiram Maxim, 1885
Sangerville, ME

18. Soft Drinks
Augustin Thompson, 1884
Union, ME
John Pemberton, 1886

19. Industrial Enterprise

20. Common Industries Textiles Paper Cigarettes Steel Food Processing
Meat Packing Green Bay; Chicago

21. Washburn Brothers
Livermore, ME
Codwallader, Elihu, & William

22. Maine Pulp & Paper 1868: 1st Mill in Topsham
1875: SD Warren (now SAPPI)
Westbrook, ME
Largest & most profitable paper mill in WORLD
1900: Great Northern Paper
Millinocket, ME

23. Maine Pulp & Paper 1920: Paper mills own 80% of North Maine Woods
2000: Every paper company has sold their land holdings
Future?

24. North Maine Woods
80%

25. John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company

26. Andrew Carnegie
US Steel Co.

27. JP Morgan
JP Morgan Holding Co.

28. Railroad Expansion

29. Railroad Expansion
“Race to Utah”
“The Commodore”
Cornelius Vanderbilt

30. Union-Pacific Railroad

31. Promontory Summit, UT