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Because these new machines ran on water power, most mills were built near rivers.
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What problem did slater have in his mills?
Samuel Slater had problems with transportation from industry to market in his mills. He built more factories near the bigger cities to get product moving.
Where are the most textile mills in the US?
southwest
Who did Lowell mills hire?
young girls ages of 10 to middle aged women, 30-40 years old. most who worked at the mills were 24 years old
Where was the first textile mills built in the us?
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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.
Why were mills built along the great lakes?
Because steel was the most important industry there.
Where were mills built and why?
near a river
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 economy was the north built on?
Factories and Mills
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.
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What state had the most cider mills?
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The city of Minneapolis began as a what kind community?
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.
In the 1840s entrepreneurs built textile mills .?
near there raw material
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he built the Mallam Junction road
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