The old Ashton Mill, now (2018) converted to loft apartments in Cumber...
According to the Providence Journal newspaper, "In its late 1800s heyday, the Ashton Mill was a pioneer in weaving technology. Its industrial career ended in the 1980s." Title, date and keywords based on inform... More
The old Ashton Mill, now (2018) converted to loft apartments in Cumber...
According to the Providence Journal newspaper, "In its late 1800s heyday, the Ashton Mill was a pioneer in weaving technology. Its industrial career ended in the 1980s." Title, date and keywords based on inform... More
View of the Blackstone River, once called "the hardest-working river i...
This view is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The building with a tower is the 1790s-vintage Slater Mill, America's first water-powered cotton-spinning mill, modeled after those established in England. Title, date a... More
Part of the 1790s-vintage Slater Mill complex in Pawtucket, Rhode Isla...
It can be argued that the Industrial Revolution began here, at least in the United States. On the adjacent Blackstone River, Samuel Slater was the first in the New World to build a water-powered, cotton-spinnin... More
View of the Blackstone River, once called "the hardest-working river i...
This view is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The building with a tower is the 1790s-vintage Slater Mill, America's first water-powered cotton-spinning mill, modeled after those established in England. Title, date a... More