The Victorian era was the time when Queen Victoria ruled England. She ruled England for 68 years until her death in 1901. She started her rule when she was only 18. Queen Victoria has the second longest reign in England ever. During the Victorian era several popular artists would become known. Some of those who are relevant today include Charles Dickens, Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, and Thomas Hardy. Plenty of good inventions came out of the Victorian era including medicine, engineering and transportation, which are still being used today.
During the Victorian era Queen Victorian built large bridges and sewer systems. In 1858 an event called “the great stink” occurred in London. Around this time, sewage was dumped in the Thames and stunk up the city streets. The human waste was affecting the Thames, which was a river that ran through London. The people of London knew that the human waste was polluting the water since the 17th century, but did nothing about it for two centuries. A man named Joseph Bazalgette finally fixed the sewer problem in 1866 by designing a sewer system. The system involved getting fresh water to the city and embankments to help the river not build up again due to waste. …show more content…
Making clothes would take along time to make, so Richard Arkwright invented a machine that could speed the process faster and made the first factory. That meant that England did not have to buy fabrics from India anymore. During this time, if you did not work in the factories, you worked in the coal mines. Children that had to go to work at 2 a.m. and stay underground for 18 hours. Many child workers would die due to smallpox and
During the Victorian era Queen Victorian built large bridges and sewer systems. In 1858 an event called “the great stink” occurred in London. Around this time, sewage was dumped in the Thames and stunk up the city streets. The human waste was affecting the Thames, which was a river that ran through London. The people of London knew that the human waste was polluting the water since the 17th century, but did nothing about it for two centuries. A man named Joseph Bazalgette finally fixed the sewer problem in 1866 by designing a sewer system. The system involved getting fresh water to the city and embankments to help the river not build up again due to waste. …show more content…
Making clothes would take along time to make, so Richard Arkwright invented a machine that could speed the process faster and made the first factory. That meant that England did not have to buy fabrics from India anymore. During this time, if you did not work in the factories, you worked in the coal mines. Children that had to go to work at 2 a.m. and stay underground for 18 hours. Many child workers would die due to smallpox and