Samuel Slater settled in R.I. & built America's first successful cotton-spinning machines driven by this power
In 1792-93, he built the first successful cotton mill in America on 
the .... Power looms were introduced at the Eagle Factory by at least 1821 and 
were... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Pawtucket, past and present; being a brief account of the ... [PAR] THE OLD SLATER MILL Built by Samuel Slater in 1793.