Paul Moody

Paul Moody (May 23, 1779 - July 5, 1831) was a U.S. textile machinery inventor born in Byfield, Massachusetts (Town of Newbury). He is often credited with developing and perfecting the first power loom in America, which launched the first successful integrated cotton mill at Waltham, Massachusetts in 1814, under the leadership of Francis Cabot Lowell and his associates.

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Paul Moody
Birth dateMay 23, 1779
Birth place
Byfield Massachusetts
Date of deathJuly 05, 1831
Place of death
Lowell Massachusetts
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