Factory Noises

There is a steady pull and push of machinery interjected by the conversations of the factory workers. A continuous hammering imitates a meditation chant. The power wielded by man and machine in their dance of monotonous sound is steady and serves a reminder of beauty of creation. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops.