Lowell textile mills

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historic site industrial complex textile mill complex

The Lowell textile mills were a pioneering 19th-century American industrial complex in Lowell, Massachusetts, known for large-scale cotton textile production and their influential "Lowell system" of factory labor.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Lowell textile mills canonical 4
Boott Cotton Mills Museum 1
History of the Introduction of the Power Loom and the Origin of Lowell 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
industrial complex ⓘ
textile mill complex ⓘ
associatedWith Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ⓘ
early labor protests ⓘ
early strikes by women workers ⓘ
beganOperation 1820s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse adapted industrial buildings ⓘ
educational exhibits ⓘ
museum spaces ⓘ
declinePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
developedBy Boston Associates ⓘ
Francis Cabot Lowell ⓘ
Nathan Appleton ⓘ
Patrick Tracy Jackson ⓘ
heritageStatus preserved within Lowell National Historical Park ⓘ
industry cotton textile production ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
influenced development of corporate industrial capitalism in New England ⓘ
later factory labor systems in the United States ⓘ
laborConditions boardinghouse system for women workers ⓘ
long working hours ⓘ
strict factory discipline ⓘ
laborForce French Canadian immigrants ⓘ
Greek immigrants ⓘ
Irish immigrants ⓘ
Lowell mill girls ⓘ
Polish immigrants ⓘ
Portuguese immigrants ⓘ
later immigrant workers ⓘ
other European immigrants ⓘ
young unmarried women ⓘ
locatedIn Lowell, Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Merrimack Valley ⓘ
locatedOn Merrimack River ⓘ
Pawtucket Canal ⓘ
partOf Lowell National Historical Park ⓘ
peakPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
poweredBy hydraulic power ⓘ
water power ⓘ
product cotton cloth ⓘ
cotton yarn ⓘ
woven textiles ⓘ
significance early center of American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
example of planned industrial city ⓘ
important site in U.S. labor history ⓘ
model of factory-based industrialization ⓘ
pioneering large-scale cotton textile production in the United States ⓘ
technology power looms ⓘ
spinning frames ⓘ
water-powered machinery ⓘ
usedLaborSystem Lowell textile mills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lowell system

Lowell textile mills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Waltham-Lowell system

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Merrimack River → associatedWith → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
Lowell, Massachusetts → hasMuseum → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boott Cotton Mills Museum
Lowell textile mills → usedLaborSystem → Lowell textile mills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowell system
Lowell textile mills → usedLaborSystem → Lowell textile mills self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waltham-Lowell system
Francis Cabot Lowell → coFounded → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waltham textile mill
Pawtucket Canal → associatedWith → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
Boston Associates → laborSystem → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waltham-Lowell labor system
Lowell mill girls → employer → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
Lowell Female Labor Reform Association → locatedIn → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
Nathan Appleton → notableWork → Lowell textile mills ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of the Introduction of the Power Loom and the Origin of Lowell