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1785 - Power Loom's Effect on the Women of the Industrial Revolution

Power Loom - Circa 1833

Power Loom - Circa 1833

The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically-operated version of a regular loom. A loom is a device that combined threads to make cloth.

When the power loom became efficient, women replaced most men as weavers in the textile factories.

Also see - The Mills of Francis Cabot Lowell

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