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The Factories - Nineteenth Century America Author: A young Englishman with an unheard-of mechanical know-how came to the United States at the close of the 18th century and soon after set up the new nation's first factory in Rhode Island. Using machines to make cotton thread, and people to run the machines, he was instrumental in getting America into the Industrial Revolution. — During the fir... more »
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