Interior of a Textile Mill in Operation

In 1790 Sam Slater was hired by Moses Brown and William Almy to construct British-style machinery in their Rhode Island cotton mill. The machines he built, pictured here on a page from Slater's memoir, were the most advanced design anywhere in the United States. The industrial revolution in America can be said to date from the opening of Slater's Mill.

Date:
1836
Original Format:
Fine Print Illustration
Item#:
1830.0037
Height:
1731px
Width:
2780px
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