The Mill Environment and Dangers
The mill workers ("operatives") were mostly young
children and women. Women and children tend to
have smaller hands than men, thus women and
children could work more efficiently in small
spaces that existed in the environment of yarn
and loom equipment. However, children and women
commanded lower wages than men, while at the same
time, women and children had far less legal
protections than men, thus were more easily exploited.
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Click to see Household Loom |
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Click to see Power Loom Weaving |
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Click to see Early Warping Mill |
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Click to see Carding, Drawing and Roving |
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Click to see Wiper Loom
(front view) |
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Click to see Mule Spinning
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Click to see Wiper Loom
(end view) |
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Click to see Doubling Room
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Click to see Calico Printing Mill |
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