Lowell System

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf labor system
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Waltham-Lowell System
gptkbp:characterizedBy centralized factory production
company-owned boarding houses
strict moral codes
employment of young women
gptkbp:declinedAfter mid-19th century
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Francis_Cabot_Lowell
early 19th century
gptkbp:employs gptkb:Lowell_mill_girls
gptkbp:firstMillOpened 1823
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lowell System
gptkbp:influenced American industrialization
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:location gptkb:Merrimack_River
gptkbp:notableFor paternalistic management style
improving working conditions compared to earlier mills
gptkbp:relatedTo Rhode Island System
gptkbp:replacedBy immigrant labor
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Lowell,_Massachusetts
textile mills
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lowell_girls
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8