How were early factories powered and who created the first factory?
1 Answer
Sep 19, 2017
The first factories were powered by falling water Ricard Arkwnch is credited with creating the first factory.
Explanation:
Credit for the first factory is given to Richard Arkwnch in 1769. He built a factory in Cromford England. This textile factory was powered by a race mill turning a water wheel.
Samuel Slater built the first factory in the United States in 1793. The first factories in America were also powered by falling water. The steep hillsides of New England were the locations of the first factories in the United States because of the availability of fast falling sources of water.
