Samuel Slater, a former apprentice to Jedediah Strutt (partner of Arkwright), constructs versions of Arkwright’s machinery and establishes a cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the first successful cotton mill in the United States. Meanwhile, in Georgia, Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, a machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds. Whitney later develops the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts. (dec 18, 1792 – feb 9, 1799)
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dec 18, 1792
feb 9, 1799
~ 6 years