Drawbridge and Locomotive-A Little More
The Locomotive and the Drawbridge 
While these two works were drawn in 1882 during the year in which Seurat drew mostly farm workers, these are two drawings which show Seurat’s view of industry at an earlier point in his career than the Steamboat. The point of view, thought, did not change much between 1882 to 1884. These drawings show Seurat’s disdain for industrialization and his sympathy for the worker who has been transformed into machinery. Because Seurat has chosen to transform the once simple, agricultural worker into a machine, he comments on the effect that industry has on the individual worker. As Zimmerman states in his book Seurat, “craftsmen began to lose their independence as they accepted orders from factories and department stores” (Zimmerman 75). Seurat took note of this occurrence in society, and his drawings depict his feelings toward both the worker and industrialization. Without independence for the worker, he lost his individuality and his place within the economy and eventually within the workplace. Like so, both the Locomotive and Drawbridge show how Seurat negatively commented on the social implications that would transform the simple worker into just another part of industry.