Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Slater, Samuel 1768-1835  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Object

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

The 48-spindle spinning machine, the oldest piece of cotton mill machinery in America, built by Samuel Slater and operated by him on December 20, 1790, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Exhibited in 1876 at Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, and in 1885, lent by United States National Museum for exhibition at World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. The spinning frame was presented by Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 54A, Folder: 18

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Expositions  Search this

Slater Spinning Frame  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Expositions--Philadelphia  Search this

Cotton machinery  Search this

Cotton spinning  Search this

Spinning  Search this

Standard number:

30707-G

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_7668