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  2. Samuel Slater - Wikipedia

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    Slater constructed a new mill in 1793 for the sole purpose of textile manufacture under Almy, Brown & Slater, as he was now partners with Almy and Brown. It was a 72-spindle mill; the patenting of Eli Whitney's cotton gin in 1794 reduced the labor in processing short-staple cotton. It enabled profitable cultivation of this cotton variety, which ...

  3. Lowell mills - Wikipedia

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    In the 1890s, the South emerged as the center of U.S. textile manufacturing; not only was cotton grown locally in the South, it had fewer labor unions and heating costs were cheaper. By the mid-20th century, all of the New England textile mills, including the Lowell mills, had either closed or relocated to the south. [1]

  4. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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    In particular, engineers with skills in constructing the textile mills and machinery were not permitted to emigrate — particularly to the fledgeling America. [citation needed] Horse power (1780–1790) The earliest cotton mills in the United States were horse-powered.

  5. Cotton mill - Wikipedia

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    A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or ... to house roller spinning machinery invented by Lewis ... of a state-of-the-art textile mill in 1906. That ...

  6. Textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Textile manufacturing in the modern era is an evolved form of the art and craft industries. Until the 18th and 19th centuries, the textile industry was a household work. It became mechanised in the 18th and 19th centuries, and has continued to develop through science and technology since the twentieth century. [ 2 ]

  7. Textile industry - Wikipedia

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    Textile production in England peaked in 1926, and as mills were decommissioned, many of the scrapped mules and looms were bought up and reinstated in India. Women began entering the workforce in the 19th century through textile factories, [ 20 ] the industrial and garment assembly jobs done during this time “[provided a] point for ...

  8. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge of ancient textiles and clothing has expanded in the recent past due to modern technological developments. [22] It is possible that the next textile to be developed - after using animal skin textiles - may have been felt. [citation needed] The first known plant-based textile of South America was discovered in Guitarrero Cave in Peru.

  9. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    The modern cotton gin, invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, enormously grew the American cotton industry, ... British textile mills in 1913. In 1912, the British cotton ...