Samuel Slater and the factory system By juan martinez Jan 18, 1790 samuel Slater created the factoryu system Jan 1, 1813 francis cabbot lowel: milling around francis lowel was the first person to pull all of the machines necessary for making cotton clothes in one building Jan 22, 1913 henry ford and conveyor belts henry ford was the first person to install conveyor belts into an assembly line system Jan 22, 1954 charles george invented the first working robot