Lowell textile mills
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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industrial complex → textile mill complex → |
| associatedWith |
Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
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early labor protests → early strikes by women workers → |
| beganOperation | 1820s → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| currentUse |
adapted industrial buildings
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educational exhibits → museum spaces → |
| declinePeriod | late 19th century → |
| developedBy |
Boston Associates
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Francis Cabot Lowell → Nathan Appleton → Patrick Tracy Jackson → |
| heritageStatus | preserved within Lowell National Historical Park → |
| industry |
cotton textile production
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textile industry → |
| influenced |
development of corporate industrial capitalism in New England
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later factory labor systems in the United States → |
| laborConditions |
boardinghouse system for women workers
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long working hours → strict factory discipline → |
| laborForce |
French Canadian immigrants
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Greek immigrants → Irish immigrants → Lowell mill girls → Polish immigrants → Portuguese immigrants → later immigrant workers → other European immigrants → young unmarried women → |
| locatedIn |
Lowell, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts → Merrimack Valley → |
| locatedOn |
Merrimack River
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Pawtucket Canal → |
| partOf | Lowell National Historical Park → |
| peakPeriod | mid-19th century → |
| poweredBy |
hydraulic power
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water power → |
| product |
cotton cloth
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cotton yarn → woven textiles → |
| significance |
early center of American Industrial Revolution
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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
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spinning frames → water-powered machinery → |
| usedLaborSystem |
Lowell textile mills
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surface form: "Lowell system"
Lowell textile mills →
surface form: "Waltham-Lowell system"
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Boott Cotton Mills Museum"
this entity surface form: "Lowell system"
this entity surface form: "Waltham-Lowell system"