25”x26”
Involved in the textile industry at the age of 14 when he was apprenticed to Jedediah Strutt, a partner of Richard Arkwright and the owner of one of the first cotton mills in Beiper. Slater worked for Strutt for eight years and rose to become superintendent of Strutt's mill. It was in this capacity that he gained a comprehensive understanding of Arkwrionts machines Believing that textile industry in England had reached its peak, Slater emigrated secretly to America in 1789 in hopes of making his fortune in America's infant textile industry. While others with textile manufacturing experience had emigrated before him, Slater was the first who knew how to build as well as operate textile machines. Slater, with funding from Providence investors and assistance from skilled local artisans, built the first successful
water powered textile mill in Pawtucket in 1793 By the time other firms entered the industry. Slater's organizational methods had become the model for his successors in the Blackstone River Valley. Later known as the Rhode Island System, it began when Slater enlisted entire families, including children, to work in his mills. These families often lived in company owned housing located near the mills, shopped at the company stores and attended company schools and churches. While not big enough to support the large mills which became common in Massachusetts, the Blackstone River's steep drop and numerous falls.
provided ideal conditions for the development of small, rural textile mills around which mill villages developed. One of the earliest of these mill villages was Slatersville. Located on the Branch River in present day North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Slatersville was built by Samuel Slater and his brother John in 1803 By 1807, the village included the Slatersville Mill, the largest and most modern industrial building of its day, two tenement houses for workers, the owner's house and the company store. In the early twentieth century. industrialist and preservationist Henry P. Kendall took a personal interest in the village and initiated many of the improvement projects which give
the village its traditional New England Charm
15%
WHERE TO PICK UP:
Longmont, Colorado 80503
(Winning Bidders Will Be Given Full Address VIA EMAIL)
Saturday, 11/18, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
SHIPPING OPTIONS:
USPS SHIPPING
Before we can ship your items, we will need a photo of a signed copy of your invoice, and a picture of your photo ID. Please print the invoice, sign the bottom on the signature line and text or email me a picture. ID verification may be required on all orders.
Our terms on the items you won stipulate that they need to be shipped by Fed Ex. Please provide your name, account number, and confirm shipping address as soon as possible.
If proper shipping arrangements have not been made within one week of the completion of the auction, the items will be forfeited.
Jamie Ohmer | (303) 549-8058 | jamieohmer@colorfulcoloradoestatesales.com
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Illinois
Texas
Colorado
Florida
Connecticut
California
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Texas
Washington
Massachusetts
Washington
District of Columbia