Josiah White (1781–1850) was a Pennsylvania industrialist and key figure in the American Industrial Revolution. == Career == === Pennsylvania navigation development === White began early factory-centered mill production in 1808 in water powered ironworks near Philadelphia, along with his partner, Erskine Hazard, when they quickly found their first mill at East Falls, Pennsylvania, to be much too small.
Josiah White (1781–1850) was a Pennsylvania industrialist and key figure in the American Industrial Revolution. == Career == === Pennsylvania navigation development === White began early factory-centered mill production in 1808 in water powered ironworks near Philadelphia, along with his partner, Erskine Hazard, when they quickly found their first mill at East Falls, Pennsylvania, to be much too small.
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