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鸟瞰罗德岛州的拋塔克特市，史雷特在此盖了他的第一间棉织厂
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美国的第一家棉织厂在1790年12月20日开始运作
萨慕尔．史雷特 (Samuel
Slater) 在拋塔克特市根据英国发明家理查．阿克莱特 (Richard
Arkwright) 的设计，盖了美国第一间棉织厂。虽然英国法律规定纺织工人不能离开英国，但是史雷特还是逃到美国来寻找事业的第二春。后来，他被认为是美国纺织工业之父，并且在新英格兰地区盖了几间成功的棉织厂，同时还在罗德岛上创建了「史雷特村」 (Slaterville) 这个小镇。在内战爆发之前，纺织业是美国最重要的工业之一，而且纺织科技在当时的进展也相当迅速。
Samuel Slater built that first American mill in Pawtucket based on designs of English inventor Richard Arkwright. Though it was against British law to leave the country if you were a textile worker, Slater fled anyway in order to seek his fortune in America. Considered the father of the United States textile industry, he eventually built several successful cotton mills in New England and established the town of Slatersville, Rhode Island. Before the Civil War, textile manufacture was the most important industry in America and there were rapid advances in mill technology.
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