What was produced at the first American factory?

Yarn was produced at the first American factory.

It was produced at Samuel Slater’s Mill, founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1790.

Workers at the spinning machines lived in company housing and worked for wages paid in credit at the company store.

Cloth itself was not produced at the mill: The yarn was woven into cloth by independent hand weavers working out of their homes.

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