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How did the Lowell system contribute to the industrialization of the United States? Interchangeable parts increased the efficiency of gun production. All stages of spinning and weaving cotton were mechanized. A process for making steel quickly and cheaply was developed. Cotton-spinning machinery was brought to the United States.

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All stages of spinning and weaving cotton mechanized

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All stages of spinning and weaving cotton mechanized

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During a trip to England in 1810, trader Francis Cabot Lowell of Newburyport, Massachusetts was allowed to visit the British textile factories, but did not take notes. Realizing the War of 1812 ruined his import business, but a domestic finished cloth market was emerging in America, he memorized the design of textile machinery and, upon returning to the United States, created the Boston Manufacturing Company where all stages of spinning and weaving cotton mechanized

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