It was the first powered, automatic, and continuous textile machine and enabled the move away from small home manufacturing towards factory production of textiles. The water frame was also the first machine that could spin cotton threads.
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By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide
Richard Arkwright patented the spinning frame or water frame that could produce stronger threads for yarns. The first models were powered by waterwheels so the device came to be first known as the water frame.
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- 1733 - Flying Shuttle, Automation of Textile Making & The Industrial Revolution
- 1764 - Increased Yarn and Thread Production During Industrial Revolution
- 1769 - James Watt's Improved Steam Engine Powers the Industrial Revolution
- 1769 - Spinning Frame or Water Frame
- 1779 - Spinning Mule Increased Variety in Threads amd Yarns
- 1785 - Power Loom's Effect on the Women of the Industrial Revolution
- 1830 - Practical Sewing Machines & Ready Made Clothing
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