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dec 28, 1790 - 1791 Slater Textile Mill

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background: Samuel Slater memorized textile
machine in Britain goes to America for profit.

in 1791, with the help of Quaker Moses Brown, he built the first textile machine for spinning cotton thread with water power in Rhode Island

Samuel Slater: Father of the Factory System

problem: Getting cotton thread is very laborious for separeting the seeds

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Date:

dec 28, 1790
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~ 235 years ago