It takes the average reader 2 hours and 13 minutes to read Naugatuck Valley Textile Industry by Mary Ruth Shields
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The textile industry found its roots in Connecticut along the banks of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers between Waterbury and Bridgeport. From the early 1800s, when David Humphries, former aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington, brought the woolen industry to America, to the 1950s, when the vast Sidney Blumenthal Mills moved to the South, the textile industry shaped life in the Naugatuck Valley. The industry witnessed labor actions, inspired cultural expression, and experienced the growth of shipping by road, water, and rail. Workers produced felted wool, cotton, and silk fabrics, velvet,...
Naugatuck Valley Textile Industry by Mary Ruth Shields is 132 pages long, and a total of 33,264 words.
This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 1 minute to read Naugatuck Valley Textile Industry aloud.
Naugatuck Valley Textile Industry is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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