USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Early factories used water for power and were usually located along a river. Later factories were powered by steam and, eventually, electricity. Many factories during the Industrial Revolution had dormitories on site where the workers lived.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first factory in the United States was begun after George Washington became President. In 1790, Samuel Slater, a cotton spinner’s apprentice who left England the year before with the secrets of textile machinery, built a factory from memory to produce spindles of yarn.

Detailed explanation-3: -The steam engine helped to power the Industrial Revolution. Before steam power, most factories and mills were powered by water, wind, horse, or man. Water was a good source of power, but factories had to be located near a river.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lowell mills and other early factories ran on water power. Factories built after the 1830s were run by more powerful steam engines. Because steam engines used coal and wood, not fast-moving water, fac-tories could be built away from rivers and beyond New England.