HIS 112
Industry Paragraph

 

 

These are the cement kilns of the Coplay Cement Company, once located in Coplay, Pennsylvania, dating to 1893-1904, and all that remain of a once very thriving and prosperous industrial plant. The kilns were used in the production of Portland cement, and were originally about thirty feet higher. In the kiln a mixture of limestone and shale or clay are heated to very, very high temperatures circa 1400 degrees to produce cement (a gross oversimplification but it will do). I remember often driving by these when I was a kid, and they were in much worse shape then. It is good to see that they have been preserved as part of the industrial heritage of the Lehigh Valley where I grew up. Photo credit twg1942 on Flickr.

Cement Kilns

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Read the excerpt from Friedrich Engels on Industrial Manchester in 1844 (along with the document background notes and study questions) and answer the following question in a paragraph.

Citing specific evidence from Engels' Industrial Manchester (not from the textbook), what were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the city of Manchester?

Your paragraph must follow this format.

Please take a moment to review Charlie's History Writing Center(See the tutorial on the one-page paper and the paper examples.) for specific information on the writing requirements for the assignments in the course. There is also a good example of a one-page paper available that will show you how to structure your paper. Please check this short explanation of what it means to cite historical evidence.

Your assignment should be submitted on Canvas.