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How were the first factories powered in the U.S.?

Group of answer choices


A.) boiling water making bubbles


B.) burning oil in a piston engine


C.) fast moving water turning mill wheel


D.) animals like oxen using pulleys

Respuesta :

Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1790, Samuel Slater built the first factory in America, based on the secrets of textile manufacturing he brought from England. He built a cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, soon run by water-power. ... In the iron industry, Pennsylvania's furnaces and rolling mills were fast supplanting small local forges.

Answer:

Fast-moving water (turning mill-wheel)

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