Textile Mills

Definition

Textile Mills are factories for making textiles (cloth), usually by weaving or knitting. In the US, they were a key part of the Industrial Revolution and often used the factory system.

Related terms

Cotton Gin: A machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.

Spinning Jenny: An early spinning machine with multiple spindles, allowing for more thread and yarn to be produced by fewer people.

Industrialization: The process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods.