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  2. List of mills in Oldham - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This list of mills in Oldham, lists textile factories that have existed in the town of Oldham, within Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, Oldham was a major centre of ...

  3. Waltham-Lowell system - Wikipedia

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    The Waltham-Lowell system was a labor and production model employed during the rise of the textile industry in the United States, particularly in New England, during the rapid expansion of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century. The textile industry was one of the earliest to become mechanized, made possible by inventions such as ...

  4. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    In the early 20th century, changing economic and social conditions occurred as the New England textile industry shifted to the Southern U.S., and the business went bankrupt in 1935. Many decades later, the original mills were refurbished and renovated, and now house offices, restaurants, software companies, college branches, art studios ...

  5. William Gregg (industrialist) - Wikipedia

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    William Gregg (February 2, 1800 – September 12, 1867) was an ardent advocate of industrialization in the antebellum Southern United States and the founder of the Graniteville Mill, the largest textile mill in South Carolina during the antebellum period. Gregg was a revolutionary figure in the textile industry.

  6. List of oldest companies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This list of the oldest companies in the United States includes brands and companies, excluding associations, educational, government or religious organizations.To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either whole or in part, since inception.

  7. Cotton mill - Wikipedia

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    In 1860, there were 2650 cotton mills in the Lancashire region, employing 440,000 people. The workers, 90 per cent of whom were adults and 56 per cent females, were paid a total of £11.5 million per annum. The mills used 300,000 hp of power, of which 18,500 was generated by waterpower. The mills had 30,387,467 spindles and 350,000 power looms ...

  8. Slater Mill - Wikipedia

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    The Slater Mill is a historic water-powered textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. It is the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in America to use the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Richard Arkwright .

  9. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Rapid adoption of mechanized textiles spinning occurred in Britain in the 1780s, [24] and high rates of growth in steam power and iron production occurred after 1800. Mechanised textile production spread from Great Britain to continental Europe and the United States in the early 19th century, with important centres of textiles, iron and coal ...

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