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 47. Textile Fabrics.—The manufacture of textile fabrics is extending, particularly in the New England States.

Many new towns, founded for the purpose of carrying on this branch of manufacture, have in a short time attained considerable importance.

48. Lowell, Lawrence, and Holyoke, in Massachusetts, may be cited as instances well worthy of notice.

Lowell is situated on the banks of the Merrimack, about 35 miles north of Boston. It contains twelve large manufacturing establishments, belonging to different companies; of these, eight manufacture cotton goods, possessing in the aggregate about 350,000 spindles and 10,000 looms, and employing about 7,000 women and 2,000 men.