Lowell, Francis and America’s First Industry Integrated Factory and Water Turbine
CEE 102: Prof. Michael G. Littman Course Administrator: Catherine Eiben [email protected]
Computers for NOTETAKING ONLY Please - NO Cell Phones, Texting, Internet use 1 Independence, Iron, and Early Industry 1776 - 1855
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2 Independence, Iron, and Early Industry 1776 - 1855
1775 1800 1825 1850
Watt
Engine 3 Independence, Iron, and Early Industry 1776 - 1855
1775 1800 1825 1850
Watt Telford
Engine – Bridge 4 Independence, Iron, and Early Industry 1776 - 1855
1775 1800 1825 1850
Watt Telford
Fulton Shreve
Engine – Bridge – Boat 5 Independence, Iron, and Early Industry 1776 - 1855
1775 1800 1825 1850
Watt Telford
Fulton Shreve
Lowell Francis
City of Lowell
Engine – Bridge – Boat – Textiles 6 Textiles in America
Mechanization and Water Power Planned Factory Town Wealth and Education
7 Textiles in America
Mechanization and Water Power Planned Factory Town Wealth and Education
8 Textiles in America
Mechanization and Water Power Planned Factory Town Wealth and Education
And this is good old Boston The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots, 9 And the Cabots talk only to God Img0001.pcd
10 Francis Cabot Lowell entrepreneur
Mathematical mind Business acumen Ideal for industry
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11 Francis Cabot Lowell entrepreneur
Mathematical mind Business acumen Ideal for industry
12 Francis Cabot Lowell entrepreneur
Mathematical mind Business acumen Ideal for industry
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14 The Integrated Factory Bale to Bolt
Boston Associates - First corporation. Investors responsible up to investment amount – not personal fortune.
15 The Integrated Factory This indenture made this first day of November Bale to Bolt Eighteen Hundred & Thirteen, between the Boston Manufacturing Company on the one part & Paul Moody on the other, Witnesseth, that whereas said Company are about establishing the Manufacture of Linen, Woollen & Cotton Goods at their Mills in Waltham, & said Moody has agreed to superintend the same … 16 The Integrated Factory Bale to Bolt
17 Pawtucket Falls
18 Pawtucket Falls
19 20 AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
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32 33 34 James B. Francis engineer
Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
35 James B. Francis engineer
Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
36 James B. Francis engineer
Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
VIDEO
37 James B. Francis engineer
Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
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POWER IN POWER OUT
47 Wheel slides against tight drum. Friction causes it to heat up. Slide hands back and forth while pressing them together. Palms get hot.
POWER OUT
48 Wheel slides against tight drum. Friction causes it to heat up. Slide hands back and forth while pressing them together. Palms get hot.
T is force needed to keep wheel sliding at speed V. POWER OUT Hp is power dumped into drum causing it to get hot.
49 Wheel slides against tight drum. Friction causes it to heat up. Slide hands back and forth while pressing them together. Palms get hot.
DEMONSTRATION
T is force needed to keep wheel sliding at speed V. POWER OUT Hp is power dumped into drum causing it to get hot.
50 James B. Francis engineer Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
51 James B. Francis engineer Efficient Water Motor “Water Policeman” – the Weir Canal Walk and Lock Gate
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54 55 56 Pawtucket Dam
57 Pawtucket Dam Hoover Dam
58 Hoover Dam
1 of 19 Francis Turbines and Generators 59 60 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
61 The Lowell Family
Percival Lowell – Harvard Astronomer Abbott Lawrence Lowell – Harvard President James Russell Lowell – Harvard Prof and Poet Amy Lowell – Poet Robert Lowell Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Poet
62 The Lowell Family
Percival Lowell – Harvard Astronomer Abbott Lawrence Lowell – Harvard President James Russell Lowell – Harvard Prof and Poet Amy Lowell – Poet Robert Lowell – Poet
63 The Lowell Family
Percival Lowell – Harvard Astronomer Abbott Lawrence Lowell – Harvard President James Russell Lowell – Harvard Prof and Poet Amy Lowell – Poet Robert Lowell – Poet
64 65 66 Key Ideas
Mechanization and Water Power Planned Factory Town Wealth and Education
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