The Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
t Establishment of the cotton textile industry
in New England
2 1813
Samuel Slater’s water-powered mill: first mechanical
weaving process in America
2 1813 Francis Cabot Lowell’s
Manufacturing Company
in Waltham, MA: standardized product, first cost-accounting system, specialization of labor, departmental (functional) organization.
2 By 1839 ten new cotton and woolen mills
in Lowell,
MA