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Samuel Slator invented the Textile mill,and Henry Miller Shreve invented it too.
This technology led to greater profits and a demand for more workers.
Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 - April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson), the "Father of the American Factory System" and "Slater the Traitor" (in the UK)[2] because he brought British textile technology to America with a few modifications fit for America. He learned textile machinery as an apprentice to a pioneer in the British industry. He brought the knowledge to America where he designed the first textile mills, went into business for himself and grew wealthy. By the end of Slater's life he owned thirteen spinning mills and had established tenant farms and towns around his textile mills such as Slatersville and Rhode Island.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater
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Samuel Slater in 1793. In Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Samuel Slater was an industrialist who brought British textile technology to America and is known as both the Father of the American Industrial Revolution, as well as the Father of the American Factory System. He created the first water powered roller spinning textile mill in America and also created a factory system that was mimicked by entrepreneurs who followed him.
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They were powered by steam locomotives. The steam was produced by burning wood or coal.
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Samuel Slator invented the Textile mill,and Henry Miller Shreve invented it too.
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My source is www.woonsocket.org/woonhistslater.htm This article states that the first successful water-powered mill was built in Pawtucket, RI in 1793 by Samuel Slater. Submitted by Lois Robblee