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What effect did the water frame have on the textile industry?

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Arkwright's water frame not only changed the way that cloth and textiles were produced from the raw materials of wool and cotton, it also gave rise to the factory system that was one of the primary components of the Industrial Revolution.
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It increased the production of raw cotton.

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