Inventions and Industrial Giants

Below you will find a history of the major inventions of the Industrial Revolution:

http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/Industrial_Revolution.htm

Below you will find very basic biographies on the American giants of industry (other than J.D. Rockefeller, who was already listed previously).

JP Morgan - Banking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan

Andrew Carnegie - Steel (U.S. Steel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie

Cornelius Vanderbilt - Transport (Shipping, Railroads)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt

Jay Gould - Banks, Transportation


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould