It suggested that a new approach to the economy was developing in the South.
Lowell, MA!
There was no certain age you had to be to work at the Cotton Mills. You just had to be skilled:)
They sold and shipped the bulk of their cotton to English mills and thought the English would need the cotton. They calculated wrong because the mills had plenty of cotton to last awhile. So no help came.
The sugar industry and the cotton industry.
The cottage industry that was replaced by mills was the production of yarn and cotton thread. The production of flour was also a cottage industry that was replaced by huge mills.
textiles became more plentiful and less expensive
Many people moved to the country, away from the mills.
The spinning jenny was used to hand spun cotton in mills. It was replaced by the rotary steam engine.
The spinning jenny was used to hand spun cotton in mills. It was replaced by the rotary steam engine.
Both of these industries no longer exist in the UK. When they were active, Lancashire was well known for its cotton mills and Yorkshire for its woollen mills.
The cotton gin helped improve the cotton industry.
Cotton and Steel mills
During July floods the supply of cotton becomes relativly low thus cotton being the raw material for textile mills causes a shortage of production for mills.
It originally was built to support the lumber industry with sawmills. Businesses included saw mills, flower mills, woolen mills, iron works, paper mills, cotton mills, and a railroad machine shop.
dependence of the south on the North
Cotton mills are factories that use huge power looms to weave cotton fabric .