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title: Power Looms
author: švabo
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17119/power-looms/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2023-02-26
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# Power Looms

_Authored by švabo_

## Image File

[![Power Looms](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17119.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17119.png)

## Image Caption

The power loom was first invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785 and it doubled the speed of textile production compared to traditional methods. (The American Textile Museum, Lowell, Mass., USA)

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[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strickmaschine_im_Museum.JPG) by [**švabo**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strickmaschine_im_Museum.JPG). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 26 February 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.