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because so the mills can get power
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 17y agoHistorically mills were located on rivers because the saws, grinding stones or whatever other equipment the mill used was powered by a water wheel. The river would turn the wheel which would be connected through gears and drive belts/shafts.
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∙ 11y agoTo power the mill by using the strong river stream so they could spin cotton into thread
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∙ 14y agoBecause most machines ran on water. Mills were located near rivers. People leave farms to work in mills and factories.
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∙ 8y agoMills were built near rivers and Streams because the moving water is a reliable form of energy to run the mill.
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Where were most mills built and why were they built there?
Because these new machines ran on water power, most mills were built near rivers.
Why were the first mills in great Britain built near rivers?
They ran on water power
Why were you England factory towns built near rivers?
Rivers supplied water as a resource, water power in the form of water mills and transport for goods.
Where were mills built and why?
near a river
Why are most European rivers built near rivers?
they are built for plumbing purposes
How did the saw mills of the 1700 work?
Many saw mills of the 1700's were built near woods. The saw mills were also built near or on top of water sources as a means of power and for easy transport.
Why did the factory in England were built on the banks of the river?
Cotton mills, corn mills, etc. where built along streams and rivers to use water power to run the machinery. When steam-engines took over, the factories and mills could be built anywhere.
What cities are built near rivers?
simply; the buildings that are near water.
In the 1840s entrepreneurs built textile mills .?
near there raw material
Why were the spanish missions built near rivers?
Rivers are a water source for crops and drinking water.
Why were most mills in the northwest built near river?
water was used to power the mills because it was the only source of power in most cases.
Who built steel mills near Pittsburgh and then sold it to JP Morgan Steel?
Andrew Carnegie.
