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The First Factories: Revolutionizing Textile Production

Explore the beginnings of the industrial revolution and how the first factories transformed the textile industry. Learn about the putting-out system, new inventions like the flying shuttle and spinning jenny, and the shift towards large-scale production in factories.

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The First Factories: Revolutionizing Textile Production

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  1. Industrial Revolution What were the first Factories like?

  2. NOTES The FIRST INDUSTRY TO INDUSTRIALIZE was the • THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY • Textiles are clothes

  3. How does a ball of cotton become a shirt? • Spin it on a loom • Weave the thread into cloth • Dye the cloth • Sew the shirt

  4. Cotton Ball

  5. Spinning Wheel

  6. Thread

  7. Loom – weaves thread into cloth

  8. Cloth

  9. Dyeing the cloth

  10. Sewing

  11. Shirt

  12. NOTES Putting Out System • 1600s – Before Industrial Revolution • Raw cotton • Given to Peasants at home • They spun and wove it

  13. NOTES Putting Out System cont’d • Skilled workers then dyed the cloth • The system was called the Putting Out System • Production was slow

  14. NOTES New Inventions • Flying shuttle – sped up weaving • Then not enough thread • Spinning Jenny – spun many threads at same time • Water frame – used water power to spin even more thread

  15. Flying Shuttle

  16. Spinning Jenny

  17. Water Frame

  18. NOTES First Factories • New machines can’t be put in homes • Need water power •  Put in large sheds near a river •  Then use steam engines

  19. NOTES First Factories cont’d • Factories – places that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods. • Putting out system is done away with.

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