Slater Mill Historic Site - Pawtucket Museum
- Address: 67 Roosevelt Avenue,Pawtucket, RI 02860-2127
- Phone: +1 401 725 8638
- Email: samslater@aol.com
- Website:www.slatermill.org
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Slater Mill Historic Site
67 Roosevelt AvenuePawtucket, RI 02860-2127
Slater Mill Historic Site Details
Full Amenity List
- Wheelchair Accessible
Descriptions from Across the Web
- Slater Mill is a Living History museum where you can take part in the lives of the New England villagers, inventors, artisans, and entrepreneurs who created the American Industrial Revolution. As you stroll the grounds and enter the authentic 18th and 19th century buildings you'll meet costumed i... more on MuseumStuff.com
- In 1793, Samuel Slater and two Providence merchants built the first factory in America to produce cotton yarn from water-powered machines. The Slater Mill Historic Site celebrates America's Industrial Revolution, comprising the old yellow clapboard mill, since restored, and housing machinery illu... more on Fodor's
- Slater Mill, located on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, RI, is generally cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America. It is modeled after a mill in England where Samuel Slater, the mill's founder, had been an employee. Moses Brown of the Providence, Rhode Island, Brown fami... more on En.wikipedia.org
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Worth the trip
The best thing about this place is that it's very well kept. All the work ever done on the building has been kept true to the time. My father took part in its restoration. Worth the trip ... By A Yahoo! User from R.I. Resident, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel
Directions
From Pawtucket, RI - Head south on Roosevelt Ave toward Leather Ave
Miscellaneous
- Admission: $9
Other Web Resources
- Read more about Slater Mill Historic Site on Yahoo! Travel
- www.slatermill.org
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