Some Notes Upon the Introduction of the Woolen Manufacture Into the United State
Some Notes Upon the Introduction of the Woolen Manufacture Into the United State
Royal C Royal Chapin Taft
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, now in his ninety-eighth year, was present at this exhibi- tion, which he distinctly remembers. This was in 1794, and was the first carding (^- tiiachine for wool made in the United States, and upon this machine were made the first spinning rolls carded by machinery. Those interested in the enterprise, feeling thus assured of success, determined upon the im- mediate erection of a factory at By field ; the building was three stories high and one hundred feet in length, and was completed and st...arted in 1795. The first carding machine was made with a single cylinder, after which two double machines with two cylinders each were completed, and the three placed in the By field factory, where they were tended by James Scholfield, then eleven years old. FIRST FACTORY IN MASSACHUSETTS. 15 While the carding and other machinery was being constructed, under the direction of Ar- thur and John, the manufacture of woolen goods by hand was continued by them at New- buryport, as originally commenced at Charles- town, for their own account until October 1*2, 1794, when they sold their machinery to the company and removed to Byfield to superintend and start the new factory.
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