Pictures
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In this photo, a young girl is operating a weaving machine in Lincoln Cotton Mills, Evansville Ind.
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Many young boys and girls were so small they had to climb on spinning frame to fix the broken threads and put back empty bobbins, which was quite dangerous.
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This is a photo of a famous American inventor. Eli Whitney, invented the cotton gin in 1794. This machine was able to produce mass amounts of cotton without much human labor.
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In this photo is Samuel Slater. Also known as "Father of the American Industrial Revolution". He brought the British textile technology to America.
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This is a photo of Jethro Tull. He was another inventor who made plowing and seeding machines called the seed drill. He improved the agricultural business and made farming much easier opposed to having to hand plant every seed.