Editing Factory system (section)

===Arkwright===
[[Image:Cromford 1771 mill.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Cromford mill as it is today.]]

[[Richard Arkwright]] (1732-1792) patented his [[water frame]] in 1769, a major breakthrough in powering textile machinery.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clydesdale |first=Greg |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Waves_of_Prosperity/HDUaDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Richard+Arkwright+brains+growth+factories&pg=PT159&printsec=frontcover |title=Waves of Prosperity: India, China and the West – How Global Trade Transformed The World |date=2016-09-16 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-4721-3899-6 |language=en}}</ref> He established [[Cromford Mill]], in [[Derbyshire]], England. The factory system was a new way of organizing [[Workforce |labour]] made necessary by the development of machines which were too large to house in a worker's cottage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wald |first=Jeff |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_End_of_Jobs/zSHdDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=factory+system+machines+too+large+worker's+cottage&pg=PT20&printsec=frontcover |title=The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations |date=2020-06-02 |publisher=Post Hill Press |isbn=978-1-64293-436-6 |language=en}}</ref>  Working hours were as long as they had been for the farmer, that is, from dawn to dusk, six days per week.