Lowell Factories/Factory System 1813 (1 janv. 1813 – 14 nov 1814)
Description:
-1st characteristic of a factory: water is used to power the factories.-2nd characteristic of a factory: mostly derive from the use of machinery or economies of scale.
-3rd characteristic of a factory: In contrast, factories practiced division of labor, in which most workers were either low-skilled laborers who tended or operated machinery, or unskilled laborers who moved materials, semi-finished and finished goods.
-4th characteristic of a factory: Factories produced products on a much larger scale than the putting out or crafts systems.
-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. The factory had 72 spindles, powered by by nine children pushing foot treadles, soon replaced by water power.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 janv. 1813
14 nov 1814
~ 1 years and 10 months