. A complete geography. cturing When the Puritans settled New England it was very expensiveto bring from over the sea the articles that they needed. Neverthe-less, at first they imported notonly furniture and tools, but evenwood for the interior of housesand bricks for the walls, fireplaces,and chimneys. Even now, in someof the older New England build-ings, one sees doors and raftersthat came from across the oceanmany generations ago. Very soon, however, the set-tlers began to make for themselvessuch articles as shoes, cloth, andlumber. Thus manufacturing be-gan early in this region, and thein
. A complete geography. cturing When the Puritans settled New England it was very expensiveto bring from over the sea the articles that they needed. Neverthe-less, at first they imported notonly furniture and tools, but evenwood for the interior of housesand bricks for the walls, fireplaces,and chimneys. Even now, in someof the older New England build-ings, one sees doors and raftersthat came from across the oceanmany generations ago. Very soon, however, the set-tlers began to make for themselvessuch articles as shoes, cloth, andlumber. Thus manufacturing be-gan early in this region, and theindustry was greatly aided by thewater power, caused by the was also aided by the manylakes. These serve as reservoirsfrom which, even during times ofdrought, a steady supply of wateris secured for the falls and rapids. Many mills and factories sprang up near the coast, and later inthe interior, and thus New England soon became the principal manu-facturing section of the whole country. Its many large cities owe. Fig. 62. A waterfall that supplies power to somefactories in one of the smaller manufac-turing towns of New England. 58 NORTH AMERICA their existence chiefly to this industry. Hundreds of articles aremade, those composed of cotton, wool, leather, and metal being themost important. It may seem strange that this should be the case, since none ofthese raw materials are extensively produced in New England. Butthe abundant waterfalls furnished such excellent power that it paidto bring the raw materials there to be manufactured. Therefore,chiefly on account of its water power, manufacturing developed inNew England; and the people learned the art so well that factorieswere later built, even where there was no water power. This istrue in Boston, for instance, where steam power is used. Nowa-days the location of a mill near an important railway, or near someother good shipping point, is a more important matter than its loca-tion near water power. Cotton Manufacturing.
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