The Era Of The Great War #12: The Post-war Decline Of Heavy Industry Flashcards
What did shipyards like Browns and Fairfield’s rely on?
Orders from admirality
What is and example of technology the Clyde did not develop fast enough?
Diesel engines
What did rival countries like Japan & Germany do?
Gave subsidies to their shipyards, heavily taxed imports
What happened to the coal industry post-war?
- it became scarce
- therefore harder to extract
- therefore more timely and costly to produce
Why was there competition from India for jute?
Businessmen took to Calcutta where it was much cheaper to produce
Why ddi jute demand fall?
It was no longer needed to sandbags in the trenches
How did shipping production fall between 1921 and 1923?
510 000 - 170 000 tonnes
What happened to railway engine production at the North British Locomotive company?
It fell be 2/3
What happened to coal production between 1913 and 1926?
42.5million tonnes - 16.8million tonnes
In Motherwell and wishaw, what was unemployment rate?
At high as 50%
What happened to farming subsidies?
They ended in 1920
What happened as a result of farming subsidies ending?
Prices decreased 25%
By early 1922, how many registered as unemployed?
90 000
Why did people turn to other countries for coal?
It was cheaper
New fuels becoming available led to…
Further decrease in coal production
