jan 1, 1813 - Lowell Factories/Factory System 1813

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1. over 10,000 looms
2.320,000 spindles
3. powered by water wheels
4.produced nearly a million yards of cloth a week
1790, Samuel Slater,to produce spindles of yarn
Francis Cabot Lowell, 8,000 textile workers, commonly known as mill girls or factory girls, raw cotton fibers were processed to produce cloth

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