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Textile Mills
Richard Arkwright first spinning mill, Cromford Mill, Derbyshire, was built in 1771. It contained his invention the water frame. The water frame was developed from the spinning frame that Arkwright had developed with (a different) John Kay, from Warrington. -
Steamboat
Steamboat Resort is a major ski area in northwestern Colorado, operated by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation in Steamboat Springs. It is located on Mount Werner, a mountain in the Park Range in the Routt National Forest -
Cotton gin
a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. -
Interchangeable Parts
Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type. -
National Road
The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal governmen -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System. Originally, it ran about 363 miles from Albany, on the Hudson River, to Buffalo, at Lake Erie -
steel plow
It was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it. When was it invented or first used? John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 when the Middle-West was being settled. The soil was different than that of the East and wood plows kept breaking. -
Sewing machine
Elias Howe invented the first American sewing machine in 1846. It was used for fixing clothes at a factory use, and on production lines. The sewing machine was created in September 10,1846. -
Mechanical Reaper
Not long after Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, Cyrus McCormick invented another significant agricultural invention that revolutionized farming: the mechanical reaper. Prior to this invention, reaping was a painstaking process that limited a farm's harvest
