HELP INDEX NEXT UP PREVIOUS FEEDBACK ATG Shaker Textile History - Industrial Revolution
SPINNING ON A SPINNING WHEEL The Shakers adapted the technological advances brought to textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Water powered spinners and looms became part of their mill-produced cloth. As cloth became cheaper to purchase ready made, the Shakers slowly began to abandon large scale weaving manufacturing. However the skills of the home hand-weaver continued as part of the Shaker lifestyle. MORE! [SB] {SG}
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