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Tillinghast Factory ruins, 1915 photo [2]. The Tillinghast Mill Site is an historic industrial site in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.The site is the location of a cotton mill established in 1812 most likely by Allin Tillinghast and Joseph Joslyn Tillinghast. [3]
The Rhode Island Historical Society is a privately endowed membership organization, founded in 1822, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of Rhode Island. Its offices are located in Providence, Rhode Island .
The Furnace Hill Brook Historic and Archeological District in a historic district in Cranston, Rhode Island.. The site features archaeological industrial remains dating from the early 19th century, as well as a series of prehistoric Native American settlements, dating from the Late Archaic to the Early Woodland periods. [2]
RIHPHC has also published a series of publications on the history of each of Rhode Island's thirty-nine communities and with a list of important historical places located in each. [ 3 ] The current headquarters of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission are in the Old State House , which functioned as the state capitol ...
This 50-acre (20 ha) industrial area was developed in two phases, with a number of buildings surviving from both of these periods. The first, between 1870 and 1882, resulted in the construction of Mills 2 through 5, a series of large three- and four-story brick buildings which were used in textile manufacturing.
The Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, that features exhibits focusing on the city's textile manufacturing heritage. The museum is operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society and located at 42 South Main Street in Market Square in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. [1]
The Lymansville Company Mill is a historic industrial complex at 184 Woonasquatucket Avenue in North Providence, Rhode Island.The oldest portion of the complex, a three-story brick building which originally a textile spinning and carding building, was built in 1884.
The Nicholson File Company Mill Complex is a historic industrial manufacturing complex at 1-45 Acorn Street in Providence, Rhode Island.It consists of 24 buildings occupying 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land, of which 20 are historically significant.