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1785Power loom patentedEdmund Cartwright patents a mechanized weaving loomEnglish inventor Edmund Cartwright patented a power loom designed to mechanize the weaving of cloth. Though his early machines were unreliable, the invention helped drive the mechanization of textile production during the Industrial Revolution. Improved versions later transformed the British textile industry.