From Hydropower to steam power
Soon, more and more factories were built with steam engines.
The knowledge of the steam engine also applied to transport: steamboats, trains. so there was a huge acceleration within the transport of raw materials as well as finished products
Factories could now be built anywhere. So no longer necessarily on a river or by the sea or close to the raw material needed.
Factories were increasingly built in areas where enough workers were available.
Unemployed farm workers flocked to the factories