Power Looms in a Textile Mill

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by J. Tingle
published on 28 February 2023

An 1835 engraving by J. Tingle (from an illustration by T. Allom) of power looms in a textile mill during the Industrial Revolution. It illustrates how few skilled workers were needed to tend such machines as the power loom. (From History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain by Sir Edward Baines)

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Tingle, J. (2023, February 28). Power Looms in a Textile Mill. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17133/power-looms-in-a-textile-mill/

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Tingle, J.. "Power Looms in a Textile Mill." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 28, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17133/power-looms-in-a-textile-mill/.

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