the founder
inventor of the American factory and first ever American Textile mill.
Who was Samual slater?
amount of money made by 1840 from textile mills.
what is $46.6 million
Where is rhode island?
Employed by textile mills for cheap labor.
Who are children?
A fabric or thread, most commonly made in this era from cotton.
What are Textiles?
Most notable Machines created by the founder
What is the Cotton Carding/and or Spinning Machine?
The system where raw material is turned into fabric in one factory
What is the Lowell System.
How many textile Mills were there by 1840
What is women?
What is a long strand of unrefined thread roughly the thickness of a pencil?
What is a roving?
Hailed from this european country
What is Britain.
Industrial Revolution textile mills began to swap to this power in place of water wheels.
What is steam power?
How many textile industry jobs did Philadelphia have in 1850.
What is ~12000
Female Employees lived in house in units called
What is Boardinghouses.
The most popular raw material that would become a textile.
What is cotton?