Waterpower in Lowell: Engineering and Industry in Nineteenth-Century America
(Part of the Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology Series)
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Winner, 2010 Peter Neaverson Award, Association for Industrial Archaeology Patrick M. Malone demonstrates how innovative engineering helped make Lowell, Massachusetts, a potent symbol of American industrial prowess in the 19th century. Waterpower spurred the industrialization of the early United States and was the principal power for textile manufacturing until well after the Civil War. Industrial cities therefore grew alongside many...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801893062
ISBN13:9780801893063
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"
Age Range:18 to 22 years
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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