you put thread in one side; The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloth.
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The power loom helped the Americans and the econmoy
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back in that time, women didnt have the same rights as men. so, the factories replaced men with women so that they could pay less of a wage since it was ok to pay women less eventhough it was the same job. also, people lost their jobs because the power loom didnt need a person to run the loom. it was steam powered.
It is loom or textile weaving machine that is given motive power by water power. these were developed by a man named Cartwright in the l700's He was a clergyman by the way. This brought abot a rapid industrialization using water power in manufacturing.
Many self-employed weavers were put out of work by the power-loom. But mechanisation also created many and better jobs.