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dec 23, 1790 - Samuel Slater Builds 1st US textile factory

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The first factory in the United States was begun after George Washington became President. In 1790, Samuel Slater, a cotton spinner's apprentice who left England the year before with the secrets of textile machinery, built a factory from memory to produce spindles of yarn.

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dec 23, 1790
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