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Frances Cabot Lowell

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Frances Cabot Lowell and the Factory System

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Frances Cabot Lowell

The Father of the Factory System and Thief

Frances was a large player in the Industrial Revolution. He stole plans for new technology from a British textile mill and used them to create successful textile mills.

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He hired young girls from surrounding towns to work in his textile factories. They became known as the "Lowell Girls."

The factory system was a way of organizing the labor of unskilled workers using heavy machinery to create a product. All processes needed to create a product took place under one roof. This increased efficiency and caused manufactured products to decrease in price.