Bobbin boy

One example of rising from this job to great heights in America was young Andrew Carnegie, who at age 13 worked as a bobbin boy in 1848.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, bobbin boys worked in textile mills.

The boys brought bobbins to the women at the looms when they called for them, and collected the full bobbins of spun cotton or wool thread.

One example of rising from this job to great heights in America was young Andrew Carnegie, who at age 13 worked as a bobbin boy in 1848.

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