WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lombe’s Mill, viewed across the River Derwent, 18th century., England from 1718-21, was the first successful powered continuous production unit in the world, and the model for the factory concept later developed by Richard Arkwright and others in the Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first use of an integrated system, where cotton came in and was spun, bleached dyed and woven into finished cloth, was at mills in Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts. These became known as Lowell Mills and the Waltham-Lowell system.

Detailed explanation-3: -factory system, system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century and is based on the concentration of industry into specialized-and often large-establishments. The system arose in the course of the Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Slater Mill: The First Factory Thus began the Industrial Revolution. With the industrial revolution, industry began to forge ahead. The first factories were built in 1790, starting with Samuel Slater’s Rhode Island cotton-spinning factory, Slater Mill.