Best of Lancaster, installed in February of 1866, and rated at 62½ horse power? Since the commonly accepted rule was one horse power per loom, the factory did not seem to be underpowered." The twin boilers were tubular in design, made from ¼ inch # 3 iron and measured 16 feet in length and 50 inches in

brief discussion concerning a connection between disease and the cotton mill district in the 19th century see Thomas R. Winpenny, In- dustrial Progress and Human Welfare: The Rise of the Factory System in 19th Century Lancaster (Washington, 1982.) 7. See Occupational Lung Diseases, a substantial