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1. Museum of Work and Culture
Museum/GalleryIn a former textile mill, this interactive museum examines the lives of American factory workers and owners during the Industrial Revolution...
In a former textile mill, this interactive museum examines the lives of American factory workers and owners during the Industrial Revolution. Focusing on French Canadian immigrants to Woonsocket's mills, the museum's cleverly laid-out walk-through exhibits begin with a 19th-century Québécois farmhouse, then continue with displays of life in a 20th-century tenement, a Catholic school, a church, and the shop floor. The genesis of the textile workers' union is described, as are the events that led to the National Textile Strike of 1934. There also an engaging presentation about child labor.
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2. Slater Mill Museum
Museum/GalleryConcord and Lexington may legitimately lay claim to what Ralph Waldo Emerson called "the shot heard round the world" in 1776, but Pawtucket...
Concord and Lexington may legitimately lay claim to what Ralph Waldo Emerson called "the shot heard round the world" in 1776, but Pawtucket's Slater Mill provided the necessary economic shot in the arm. Built in 1793, this National Historic Landmark was the first successful water-powered spinning mill in America; it touched off the industrial revolution that helped secure America's sovereign independence in early days of the republic. The museum complex explores this second revolution with expert interpretive guides dressed in period clothing, who demonstrate fiber-to-yarn and yarn-to-fabric processes and discuss how industrialization forever changed this nation. On-site are collections of hand-operated and -powered machinery, a 120-seat theater, two gift shops, a gallery, and a recreational park.
67 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 02860, USA401-725–8638Sight Details
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3. Blackstone Valley Explorer
Tour–SightNarrated 45-minute Blackstone River tours aboard the 40-passenger riverboat Blackstone Valley Explorer take place on Sunday afternoon. Topics...
Narrated 45-minute Blackstone River tours aboard the 40-passenger riverboat Blackstone Valley Explorer take place on Sunday afternoon. Topics covered on this pretty ride include area ecology and industrial history.
Central Falls Landing, 45 Madeira Ave., Central Falls, Rhode Island, 02863, USA800-454–2882Sight Details
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4. Slater Memorial Park
Historic HomeWithin the stately grounds of this park along Ten Mile River are picnic tables, tennis courts, a playground, a dog park, and a river walk. The...
Within the stately grounds of this park along Ten Mile River are picnic tables, tennis courts, a playground, a dog park, and a river walk. The park's Looff Carousel, built by Charles I. D. Looff in 1894, has 39 horses, three dogs, a lion, a camel, a giraffe, and two chariots that are the earliest examples of the Danish immigrant's work—rides cost 50¢. The Pawtucket chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution gives tours by appointment of the park's Daggett House, which dates to 1685.
825 Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 02861, USA401-728–0500-park informationSight Details
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