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1909年時,在南卡羅來那州的「斯巴達棉織廠」 (The
Sparta Cotton Mill) :當時的技術和史雷特在1709年發明紡織機器時,已經有了很大的改變
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美國的第一家棉織廠在1790年12月20日開始運作
美國的第一架電動織布機建於1813年。這個機器能夠把棉線或紗線紡成織布。當地農人的女兒們通常會在工廠裡擔任旋轉與紡織的工作。後來,外來的移民成為棉織廠的「人手」。到了1920年代,南方各州接管了新英格蘭地區的紡織工業。南方的紡織廠因為離原料產地比較近,也讓急需工作的南方勞工有工作可作。在喬治亞與卡羅來那州、處處可見到全家人都在紡織廠裡工作。
The first American power loom was constructed in 1813. This machine weaves thread or yarn into sheets of fabric. Daughters of local farmers often did the spinning and weaving in the mills. In later years, immigrants became mill "hands." By the 1920s, the South took over textile production from New England. Mills in the South were closer to raw material and offered jobs to Southern laborers desperate for work. Entire families labored together in the textile mills of Georgia and the Carolinas.
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