jan 1, 1785 - The Power loom

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There he saw Richard Arkwright’s cotton-spinning mills. These fascinated him, and he decided to construct a similar machine for weaving. In 1785 he took out a patent for a very simple machine. It was later improved and developed into the modern power loom.A power loom is a mechanized loom powered by a line shaft, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785.This helped to divide the country by more people wanting to move to the North to work easier with the Power loom.