Founding
what year was the company founded in?
1813
What was the main difference in how they employed peopel?
Instead of families in different places, they would have women under one roof
How much of the American cotton did they control by 1850?
1/5 or 20%
What did the UK Ban to get an advantage over industrilization?
Immigration of mechanics and Important documents
What was the name of the system they used to be succsefull?
Lowell-Waltham System
In what year did Lowell visit British factories to help them incoparate the systems into America?
1811
What were the names of all three founders?
Francis Cabot Lowell, Nathan Appleton, and Patrick Jackson
What exact profile of person were they hiring, and from where?
Single young women from New England
What were they the first to do in the US?
The first Us factory to complete all steps of cloth production under one roof