Technological Advancements

With the inventions of the Power Loom, the Spinning Jenny and Mule, and factory systems, it helped the factories grow bigger and bigger. It led to the productivity of the work increasing. The growth drew a large work space mainly composed of women aging from 15-40s. This growth induced significant economic and social changes making Lowell, Massachusetts a major industrial hub.

Economic and Social Impact

Increasing production, profits, immigration, and urbanization has impacted the economic growth for the factories. Because of the technological growth it helped increase the textile production and profits which helps being able to make more factories for the economy. Because of the new opportunities of jobs the population of the area grew as well. Citizens from the south, overseas like the Irish, and their families moved to the urban areas wanting to create a better life for them and their families.

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Spinning Jenny

Spindle machine used for spinning wool and cotton created by James Hargreaves in 1770. From the development of the Spinning Wheel, the Jenny was a significant factor in the industrialization in the textile industry, used for the making of clothes, fabrics, and anything else that can be made from cotton or wool materials

Spinning Mule

Spindle machine used to create a larger scale manufacture well course yarn and higher quality thread. Samuel Crumpton created the Spinning Mule in 1779 making it possible for 1 person to make more than 1,000 spindles at the same time making it faster than the Spinning Jenny

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The Power Loom is a mechanized device that makes the weaving process automatic, increasing the textile production. Edmund Cartwright created another key invention for the industrial revolution in 1785. The mechanical systems has objects like belts, gears and uses a steam engine that soon replaces some of the manual labor in the factories. Not also does it replace the manual labor it also increases the weaving process faster than the Spinning Mule

Manual Labor

Like all the other early industrial factories, Lowell Mills heavily relied on manual labor. Particularly from young women and kids who were named "Mill Girls". Some people from the south immigrated to the north to get away from slavery and live a better life, and immigrants from overseas too. They would operate the the machinery making the raw materials into finished textiles