Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Replica of Samuel Slater's finisher carding engine, which will be shown in the exhibition at the Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I. The original machine, now in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, was built by Slater in 1970, completely from memory, since the exportation of textile machines or their plans was forbidden by British law. Samuel Slater was the father of the cotton spinning industry in America.
Replica of Samuel Slater's finisher carding engine, which will be shown in the exhibition at the Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I. The original machine, now in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, was built by Slater in 1970, completely from memory, since the exportation of textile machines or their plans was forbidden by British law. Samuel Slater was the father of the cotton spinning industry in America.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Replica of Samuel Slater's finisher carding engine, which will be shown in the exhibition at the Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I. The original machine, now in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, was built by Slater in 1970, completely from memory, since the exportation of textile machines or their plans was forbidden by British law. Samuel Slater was the father of the cotton spinning industry in America.

[ca. January 1964]

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