Francis Cabot Lowell: Innovator of the Integrated Textile Mill

Francis Cabot Lowell was an entrepreneur active in early 19th-century New England who significantly advanced the American Industrial Revolution. He studied British mill technology and established the "Lowell System," which introduced water-powered textile mills and an integrated production process. By establishing a framework to systematically employ female workers, he laid the foundation for the development of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts.

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