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The Erie Canal was built in Upstate New York, just prior to the construction of the Blackstone Canal. The need for inland transportation from Worcester to Providence finally gave way to an inland waterway, the Blackstone Canal (1828). [3] [4] The 45-mile (72 km) canal connected Worcester to Providence, the closest port. [3]
A map of the region. The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 25 cities and towns (400,000 acres (1,620 km 2) in total) near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Providence County, Rhode Island.
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: 1980 NPS acts in advisory role, and provides ...
The historic route of the Blackstone Canal in Massachusetts 42°08′39″N 71°40′36″W / 42.1442°N 71.6767°W / 42.1442; -71.6767 ( Blackstone Canal Historic Listing extends into other parts of Worcester, as well as Sutton, Grafton, Millbury, Northbridge, Uxbridge, Millville, Blackstone; the Rhode Island section of the ...
This list of museums in Massachusetts is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 census. [1] Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, an early center of the industrial revolution in the United States. Mendon celebrated its 350th anniversary on May 15, 2017.
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 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 .