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The Blackstone River Greenway is a planned 48-mile (77 km) paved rail trail defining the course of the East Coast Greenway through the National Corridor. As of 2017, approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) of the greenway has been completed in Rhode Island and 6.9 miles (11.1 km) in Massachusetts. On October 12, 2006, the National Heritage Areas Act ...
The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the state park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). [2] This 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) park "recalls the role of canals in transporting raw materials and manufactured goods between emerging industrial ...
The Blackstone Valley Visitor Center at 175 Main St. is available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open Doors Warming and Cooling Shelter at 1139 Main St. is available 24 hours a day ...
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
Blackstone River Valley. National Heritage Corridor. Worcester County. 1986. Extends into Providence County, Rhode Island. Visitor Center operated by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation; NPS operates in advisory capacity. Boston African American. National Historic Site. Boston.
The Blackstone River forms in the center of Worcester by the confluence of the Middle River and Mill Brook. The river courses underground through the center of the city, and emerges at the foot of College Hill. It then flows south through Quinsigamond Village and into Millbury. Worcester is the beginning of the Blackstone Valley that frames the ...
0.40 ha. 1870. Chestnut Hill Reservoir. The Chestnut Hill Reservoir Historic District is considered a nineteenth-century masterpiece of engineering, urban planning and landscape design. Chicopee Memorial State Park. Hampden. 42°10′45″N 72°32′13″W / 42.17917°N 72.53694°W / 42.17917; -72.53694 (Chicopee Memorial State ...
25-06015. GNIS feature ID. 0619477. Website. www.townofblackstone.org. Blackstone is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,208 at the 2020 census. [1] It is a part of the Providence metropolitan area.