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What was the name of the first steel-framed skyscraper?
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Home Insurance Building
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Samuel Slater
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Nicolas Leblanc
Which locomotive won the Rainhill Trials in 1829?
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The Rocket
What was the name of the first steamship built for transatlantic service?
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SS Great Western
Which English ironmaster built the first iron boat in 1787?
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John Wilkinson
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Locomotion No. 1
Which English city was the site of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819?
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Manchester
In what year did the Luddite movement begin?
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1811