Late Victorian Era Research Paper

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There was a huge change during the late Victorian era, from steam technology and transportation, to changes in social structure and agriculture, the era had a huge impact on everyone and everything. The changes in new technology and transportation lead to greater production, efficiency and profits; however, this drastically increased the demand for coal as between 1860 and 1900 the annual coal production grew from 80 million tons to over 250 million tons.. Despite this, there were many more job opportunities for miners and so increased the number of employed from 307,000 to 820,000 which would have been beneficial in terms of money and making a living. Before the steam engine however, raw materials and finished goods were carried by horse
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