Landmarks in Time: Leadership & Management During the Industrial Revolution [SLIDESHOW]

Explore key events in manufacturing management history with this captivating gallery that chronicles the people, ideas, inventions, and practices that helped make manufacturing what it is today. This timeline is the second in a series detailing historical leadership and management milestones from during the Industrial Revolution (1760s-1950).

This gallery is a companion piece to the feature, "Landmarks in Time."

For more leadership and management milestones view the galleries "Landmarks in Time: Leadership & Management from The Middle Ages to the Renaissance [SLIDESHOW]" and "Landmarks in Time: Leadership & Management During the Third Industrial Revolution [SLIDESHOW]."