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Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Cambric Works, S. Slater & Sons, Inc., East Webster, Mass.
Samuel Slater (1768 – 1835) was referred to by some as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” In 1811, Slater moved to Massachusetts and built new cotton mills as well as one of the first woolen mills in America, all powered by the French River and Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg, in what was then called Oxford and later renamed Webster after Senator Daniel Webster. Slater brought innovation to textile manufacturing and introduced the “factory system” that attracted workers to the region and established the infrastructure that made Webster a thriving “boomtown.” whatsupnewp.com
 was referred to by some as the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution.” In 1811, Slater moved to Massachusetts and built new cotton mills as well as one of the first woolen mills in America, all powered by the French River and Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg, in what was then called Oxford and later renamed Webster after Senator Daniel Webster. Slater brought innovation to textile manufacturing and introduced the “factory system” that attracted workers to the region and established the infrastructure that made Webster a thriving “boomtown.” whatsupnewp.com){kind=small}