Explanation: The textile industry needed access to the rivers at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century because, due to the remarkable growth of this industry due to the high demand for threads and fabric manufacturing, the invention of machines such as the Water frame was necessary, in order to a greater production of them, whose energy exceeds the strength of man and could produce more raw material. For this reason it would take water to make it
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