Show Sa galenis lenis lesson ono hundred years ego ago salem faced a severe problem trade embargoes bar goes tho the opening of the erie canal which diverted shipping lines to now new york and other factors had made her port a second rate rafe harbor a long along tho the new england coast for years salem had been our chief mercantile gateway to the orient it appeared in 1839 that salem was definitely to remain a forgotten city but salem turned from its shipping to manufacturing steam power had just come to tho the attention of now new englanders and a courageous group of citizens turned the power of steam into its development odthe of the new england textile industry salem soon boasted of the founding of tho the first cotton mill in the united states run by steam it is a fine example of new england ingenuity |