The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 330
ar of 1812, there were 99 cottonmills with 75,678 spindles in or near Providence, R.I.;Massachusetts had 57 mills with 45,650 spindles; Connect-icut, 14 mills with 12,886 spindles; or 170 cotton millsin all with 134,214 spindles. Owing to Slaters influence and the abundant water powerabout… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 233 PATERSON, N.J. The enterprise of Slater at Pawtucket had also mucheffect in influencing some gentlemen of New York, NewJersey, and Pennsylvania to start a movement for the es-tablishment of a cotton industry in or around New York.The result was an elaborate plan for the…
Textile industry
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