Editing Factory system (section)

===Cotton spinning===
The factory system began widespread use somewhat later when [[cotton]]-[[spinning (textiles)|spinning]] was mechanized by a series of inventors.

The first use of an integrated system, where cotton came in and was spun, bleached, dyed and woven into finished cloth, was at mills in Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts. These became known as [[Lowell Mills]] and the [[Waltham-Lowell system]].

The [[Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company |Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company's Bridgewater Foundry]], which began operation in 1836, was one of the earliest factories to use modern materials-handling such as cranes and rail-tracks through the buildings for handling heavy items.<ref>{{cite book |title= Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution  |url=https://archive.org/details/sciencetechnolog00aemu  |url-access=registration  |last=Musson |author2= Robinson |year=1969 |publisher =University of Toronto Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sciencetechnolog00aemu/page/491 491–5]|isbn=9780802016379 }}</ref>