Cotton Times
A site focusing on the industrial revolution in Lancashire from the mid eighteenth century: includes timeline, important figures, workers, transport, Lancashire dialect, links, bibliography

Early industrialisation in the pottery industry
essay, “deals with the early period in the industrialisation of North Staffordshire and concentrates on the major industry in the area, pottery manufacture” (Lorna Scammell)

Industrial Revolution
Primary sources and other web resources (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

Materialising Sheffield
a virtual visit to Benjamin Huntsman’s steel works (which no longer exist) in Attercliffe in 1771, including historical context and information on the process of creating a virtual model of the site (HRI Online)

Thomas Newcomen, James Watt and Richard Trevithick: steam engines of the eighteenth century
The author of this site has built scale models of a number of eighteenth century steam engines; there are illustrations and useful historical background (David Hulse)