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How did early factories powered by mills effect where factories were made?
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Before 1820 most factories and mills in the US powered by?
it was powered by coal
What was the energy source for most American mills in the early 19th century?
19th century factories were often powered by mills that used the running water of a river. This is part of the reason many industrial towns were built on rivers. They were also powered by coal.
What was the energy source that once powered early mills?
Mills were powered mostly by wind or flowing water.
How do you think the mills and factories of Bradford were powered?
Electricity from the late 1800's on.
What powered mills in the early colonies?
flowing water
What were early textile factories called?
They were called mills. Your welcome
How were the first mills powered?
The earliest mills were powered with horses or mules in a rotary turnstyle, as seen in the Beverly Cotton Manufactory, however later mills used water power, since that was less interruptable and provided more power for the factories.
What early industries mechanized in the United States?
Cotton mills were the first factories.
Samuel slater and his business partners built water-powered textile mills along New England rivers What family system did these factories rely on?
parents and children working together in mills
Increasing number of them took jobs in mills factories offices and stores during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Women
Who were the Employees of early textile and shoe mills in New England?
Mainly young woman who went to factories to get away from parents
What economy was the north built on?
Factories and Mills
