An English-born industrial technician and entrepreneur representing the early stage of the American Industrial Revolution. He learned cotton spinning technology at Jedediah Strutt's mill in England and traveled to America with the knowledge memorized. In 1793, he constructed America's first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Expanding mills across New England, he came to be known as the "Father of the American Factory System." He established the "Rhode Island System," which employed family units, building the foundation for early industrial labor systems.

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