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The industrial revolution of the 19th century provided a major growth impulse.

Canals, roads and railroads were constructed.

Eindhoven was connected to the major Zuid-Willemsvaart canal through the Eindhovens Kanaal branch in 1843 and was connected by rail to Tilburg ,'s-Hertogenbosch, Venlo and Belgium between 1866 and 1870.

Industrial activities initially centred around tobacco and textile and boomed with the rise of lighting and electronics giant Philips, which was founded as a light bulb manufacturing company in Eindhoven in 1891.