samuel slater built the first textile mill in america.
samuel slater built the first textile mill in america.
who built the first textile mill in america?
samuel slater
'elmdale' near wheelockville, was the site of the "daniel day mill", the first textile mill in uxbridge, the first woolen mill in the valley(1809), the second oldest woolen mill in massachusetts, (after one in watertown, ma), the third textile mill in the state, and third oldest woolen mill in u.s. (after a worsted mill in hartford). this system of mills, dams and villages was developed by john and samuel slater, and became known as the rhode island system. there was only one other mill, a cotton mill, that was established in uxbridge that year, which was the clapp mill on the mumford river. his son joseph, born in 1790, joined the business, along with jerry wheelock. quickly a loom was added to the carding machine works by 1811, and they later greatly enlarged the mill by 1825.
daniel day (manufacturer)
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luke became an early american industrial pioneer and the builder of two early textile mills. luke taft built a dam, and his first textile mill on the west river (massachusetts), in 1824. this was the third woolen mill in uxbridge, a very early us industrial center. luke taft was the son-in-law of daniel day, who had earlier established the first woolen mill in the blackstone valley, at uxbridge, circa 1810. luke taft's first textile mill was located near the site of the now former "waucantuck mill complex" site, a national historic site.
luke taft