FARIBAULT, Minn. ‐ The giant looms at the Faribault Mill chug like freight trains as they gobble up yarn and discharge cloth. Between the machines’ rhythmic roar and the scent of oil, the factory ...

Also known as a water frame, it was the first textile machine designed to be powered by water. Arkwright set up the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, in 1771. He is regarded ...