New England textile industry

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The New England textile industry was a historically significant manufacturing sector centered in the northeastern United States, known for its early adoption of mechanized textile production and its major role in the region’s economic and urban development during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical industry ⓘ
manufacturing sector ⓘ
associatedWith Lowell mill girls ⓘ
company towns ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
tenement housing ⓘ
textile strikes ⓘ
basedOn British textile technology ⓘ
causeOf economic growth of New England ⓘ
environmental pollution of rivers ⓘ
shift from agrarian to industrial economy in New England ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause competition from Southern U.S. mills ⓘ
globalization of textile production ⓘ
obsolete mill infrastructure ⓘ
rising labor costs in New England ⓘ
employs child labor ⓘ
immigrant labor ⓘ
mill operatives ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
hasPart bleaching and dyeing works ⓘ
cotton mills ⓘ
textile machinery shops ⓘ
woolen mills ⓘ
inception 1790s ⓘ
industry textile manufacturing ⓘ
influenced U.S. industrialization ⓘ
development of mill towns ⓘ
growth of transportation networks in New England ⓘ
urbanization in New England ⓘ
influencedBy Industrial Revolution ⓘ
legacy historic mill buildings ⓘ
labor reform movements in the United States ⓘ
post-industrial redevelopment projects ⓘ
locatedIn New England ⓘ
United States ⓘ
mainProducts cotton textiles ⓘ
knit goods ⓘ
textile machinery ⓘ
woolen textiles ⓘ
worsted textiles ⓘ
majorCenter Biddeford, Maine ⓘ
Fall River, Massachusetts ⓘ
Holyoke, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence, Massachusetts ⓘ
Lewiston, Maine ⓘ
Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ
Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ
New Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ
Pawtucket, Rhode Island ⓘ
linked to: Pawtucket

Woonsocket, Rhode Island ⓘ
periodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
significantEvent decline after mid-20th century ⓘ
early mechanization of textile production in the United States ⓘ
rise of factory system in New England ⓘ
startTime late 18th century ⓘ
usesTechnology power looms ⓘ
rail-based transportation ⓘ
ring spinning ⓘ
steam power ⓘ
water-powered spinning ⓘ

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Lawrence textile mills → partOf → New England textile industry ⓘ
Pawtucket → knownFor → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Great Falls of the Passaic River → historicalPeriod → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Francis Cabot Lowell → movement → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Lowell National Historical Park → hasTheme → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Mill City → associatedWith → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Arnold Print Works → partOf → New England textile industry ⓘ
Boston Associates → involvedIn → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Ayer Mill complex → era → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Essex Company → era → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Joseph Ettor → associatedWith → New England textile industry ⓘ
Mulberry Grove plantation → associatedWithHistoricalTheme → Industrial Revolution in America ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Albion Historic District → associatedWith → Blackstone River textile industry ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Slatersville → historicalEra → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Boott Cotton Mills Museum → hasTheme → Industrial Revolution in the United States ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
National Register of Historic Places district (as part of Lowell) → associatedWith → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Hamilton Manufacturing Company → regionOfActivity → New England textile region ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Hamilton Manufacturing Company → associatedWith → New England mill system ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Windham Textile and History Museum → hasSubject → New England mill towns ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Summersworth → associatedWith → New England mill towns ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Ashton Historic District → associatedWith → New England textile mills ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Slatersville Mill → associatedWith → New England textile mills ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Slatersville Mill → hasContext → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: New England textile industry
Fall River textile mills → partOf → New England textile industry ⓘ
Ebenezer Sumner Draper → areaOfInfluence → New England textile industry ⓘ