1811
Francis Cabot Lowell invented the textile mill
Developed the first textile mill.
Francis Cabot invented the first textile mill.
In 1810 through 1812
Francis Cabot Lowell
The first textile mill was made by Francis Cabot Lowell in the 1800's.
The first textile mill was made by Francis Cabot Lowell in the 1800's.
Francis Cabot Lowell developed the first textile mill, combining the spinning and weaving of cotton into one operation.
Richard Arkwright established textile in Manchester, Great Britain In the United States, the first textile mill was established by Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell had a textile mill he founded after him known as a Lowell Mill in 1826. Recruiters, mostly men, encouraged young girls, mostly between sixteen to thirty six, to work in the mills.
Francis Cabot Lowell
In the United States, the first textile mill was established by Francis Cabot Lowell. Lowell visited England in the early 1800s, and toured textile mills while pretending to be an idiot. When he returned to the United States, he gave detailed descriptions and engineering drawings to a man named Paul Moody, creating spinning devices and a power loom. In order to raise the money for the mill, Lowell sold shares of stock in his company, an innovative approach at the time that later became the primary way capital is raised for corporations. The textile mill itself became the basis for the town of Lowell, Massachussetts, named for Francis Cabot Lowell. Lowell employed many women in his mills, which was also innovative at the time. He was able to pay women less than men, but women also benefited from the small measure of independence and camaraderie with other women.