The First Factories
- Words to Know
- The first factory system
- Lowell establishes the textile industry
- The Lowell Machines
- The Lowell girls
- The Lowell Offering
- Workers rebel
- The Sewing Machine
- The shoe and boot industry
- Jan Ernst Matzeliger and the Lasting Machine
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Factories are buildings or sets of buildings in which manufactured goods are made from raw materials on a large scale. Work in factories is usually accomplished with laborsaving machinery operated by wage workers,...
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