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THE POWER LOOM
BY COLE CHOMA AND ZACK DONOHOE
QUICK FACTS
- Edmund Cartwright created first model in 1785 for cloth
- 1789 model for wool
- 1797 model for rope
Photo by victuallers2
CLOTH MODEL
- First steam power loom patented by Cartwright
- Factory was in Doncaster, England
Photo by ell brown
WOOL MODEL
- Patented in 1789
- Improved by being able to create power using alcohol in the steam engine
Photo by quinet
ROPE MODEL
- Created is 1797
- Helped Robert Fulton with his steam boats
- Made rope a lot easier to manufacture
Photo by Stuck in Customs
IMPROVED MODELS
- The first inventor to improve the power loom was William Horrocks
- These inventors made the power loom a more popular
- Commonly used after 1820
Photo by quinet
POWER LOOMS IN AMERICA
- First American power loom was constructed in 1813
- Created by Francis Cabot Lowell and a group of Boston merchants
Photo by Chilanga Cement
